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Like several other Highland clans, the Macnabs are of ecclesiastical origin. In Gaelic they are called Clann-an-Aba meaning "children of the Abbot" and claim descent from the abbots of Glendochart One of the earliest records of this family is to be found in a charter dated 1124. Malcolm de Glendochart was one of the Scottish noblemen who submitted to Edward I of England and his name appears on the Ragman Roll of 1296. Angus Macnab was John Comyn’s brother in law and was murdered in 1306 by Robert the Bruce. The Macnabs suffered much in the early decades of the 14th century and after Bannockburn they lost all their possessions except for the Barony of Bovain in Glendochart which was confirmed to them by a charter by David II to Gilbert Macnab in 1336. Francis became the 12th and last chief in the direct male line. He was a noted character in his time and the subject of Raeburn's famous portrait. On his death, at Callander, in 1815, his nephew, Archibald, son of Doctor Robert Macnab, became chief. He obtained a grant of territory and took steps to found a clan community in Canada which, in spite of arduous conditions, almost established itself. He died in France in 1860, aged eighty-three. It is established that the Arthurstone branch of the chiefly family was now entitled to succeed and the de jure chiefship passed to James William Macnab. He served in the East India Company and was succeeded by his son, James Frederick, rector of Bolton Abbey. His only son, James Alexander succeeded him as the 21st de jure chief and in 1954, he relinquished to chiefship to his uncle Archibald Corrie Macnab, who acquired the Killin estate to enable him to become the 22nd de facto chief. Archibald, having repurchased the Macnab lands in 1949, died in 1970 when the succession reverted to James Charles, James Alexander’s eldest son, who is the present and 23rd chief. There is a Clan Society, with its headquarters in Edinburgh.
Septs of the Clan: Abbot, Abbotson, Dewar, Gilfillan, Macandeoir, Clelland, Dewar, Gilland, MacLellan and MacNair. |
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