He had also taken Inverness Castle which he had occupied for some time, but which chief Lachlan Beg Mackintosh disapproved of as it brought Dougal into mutiny with the royal authority.
[1] The Clan Fraser of Lovat had long been dominant in the area that is known as The Aird, so much so that possessions in it by other families were almost unknown or forgotten about.
[4] Another Mackintosh clansmen was John Malcolmson who was the natural son of chief Lachlan's deceased elder half-brother.
Lachlan appears to have been extremely kind towards him; in 1522 he gave to him the occupation of Connage in Petty and marriage to Effie Dunbar, relic of Andrew Munro of Milntown.
However, on 25 March 1524,[3] John Malcolmson, along with two Davidsons and some accomplices treacherously murdered chief Lachlan Beg Mackintosh when he was hunting at Ravoch, Badenoch.