Neil Mackay, 8th of Strathnaver

[1] In 1427 his father, Angus Du Mackay, was called by James I of Scotland with many other Highland chiefs to a "parliament" at Inverness.

The result was that although Angus Du Mackay was released, his son Neil was kept as a hostage and imprisoned on the Bass Rock.

[1] In 1436,[1] or 1437, King James was murdered at Perth and Neil Mackay escaped from imprisonment on the Bass Rock.

[1] This conflict became known as the Sandside Chase in which the Caithness men, believed to have been of the Clan Gunn,[5] were defeated.

[1] According to historian Angus Mackay, writing in 1906, Neil Mackay, 8th of Strahtnaver, married a daughter of George Munro, 10th Baron of Foulis, chief of Clan Munro, and his wife who was a daughter of Ross of Balnagown, chief of Clan Ross.