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The Macmillans can trace their origins to the ancient Celtic past of Scotland; they descend from an old royal house of Scotland as well being the followers of the Celtic church. The progenitor of the Macmillans was Gillie Chriosd, 'disciple of Christ', who was one of the sons of Dunkeld. When the mormaership of Moray became extinct under David I, and the area was settled with Normans, the Macmillans settled on the shores of Loch Archaig in Lochaber. Towards the end of the 13th century, upon the death of the Maid of Norway, at Orkney in 1290, the family were well established on their lands. Robert the Bruce famously settled his personal dispute with John, the Red Comyn, by stabbing him in Greyfriars Church in Dumfries. When the Comyns gathered their allies and rose against the king, Bruce was forced to flee to the Highlands to safety. Gilbert is thought to be the progenitor of the Macmillans of Brockloch who existed as a large and important branch of the Galloway Macmillans. When Robert II's son, David II, chose to rise against the powerful Lord of the Isles, the Macmillans chose to stand with the Lordship. By 1727 the direct male line failed and the representation of the clan was passed to Macmillan of Dunmore who held land at Loch Tarbert. During the great Jacobite rising the Macmillans tended not to commit themselves. John Macmillan of Murlaggan, an ancestor to the Macmillans who would lead the Lochaber Macmillans, refused to join the Old Pretender unless the Stuarts abandoned Catholicism. Alexander Macmillan of Dunmore acquired status when he gained the influential legal post as Depute Keeper of the Signet in Edinburgh; he died in 1770. Sir Gordon assumed the position as chief and took his seat at Finlaystone House in Renfrewshire. There are various clan societies for the Macmillans across the world. The clan is represented on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
Septs of the Clan: Baxter, Bell, Blue, Brown, Millikin/Mullikin, MacBaxter, MacNamell. |
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