{"product_id":"evidences-of-the-chiefship-of-clann-ghilleain-1895-searchable-pdf-surname-index","title":"Evidences of the Chiefship of Clann-Ghilleain (1895) - Searchable PDF \u0026 Surname Index","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDefinitive 1895 Archival Proof of the Hereditary Chiefship, Septs, Royal Charters \u0026amp; Pedigrees of Clan MacLean (Clann-Ghilleain)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally printed in Glasgow in August 1895 by Maclure, MacDonald \u0026amp; Co., Ornamental Printers to the Queen, Professor John Patterson MacLean's \u003cem\u003eAn Examination into the Evidences of the Chiefship of Clann-Ghilleain\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the rarest and most intensely documented primary source monographs ever published on \u003cstrong\u003eClan MacLean (Clann-Ghilleain)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Written as a sequel to the author's landmark \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Clan MacLean\u003c\/em\u003e (1889) and dedicated to \u003cstrong\u003eColonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, 10th Baronet of Duart, Morvern, and Brolas\u003c\/strong\u003e, this volume marshals medieval Gaelic manuscripts, Privy Council registers, Great Seal precepts, and Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland to prove the seniority of the \u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Duart\u003c\/strong\u003e over the \u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Lochbuy\u003c\/strong\u003e and map the exact genealogical relationships among the principal MacLean cadet branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Inside This Enhanced Fairbairn's Crests Digital Edition:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplete 39-Page Archival Digital Volume:\u003c\/strong\u003e Includes 4 pages of newly compiled Fairbairn's Crests Front Matter (Pages i–iv), all 25 original 1895 pages, and a newly compiled 10-page Comprehensive Back-of-Book Surname \u0026amp; Place Index (Pages 30–39).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePure White (#FFFFFF) Archival Restoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Every page of the original 1895 Glasgow imprint has been professionally cleaned and whitened to a crisp, pure white (\u003ccode\u003e#FFFFFF\u003c\/code\u003e) background with high-contrast dark ink—completely free of yellowed paper tones, scanner edge shadows, handwritten shelfmarks, and institutional library stamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvery-Word Searchable OCR Layer \u0026amp; PDF Bookmarks:\u003c\/strong\u003e Search instantly using \u003ccode\u003eCtrl+F\u003c\/code\u003e (Windows) or \u003ccode\u003eCmd+F\u003c\/code\u003e (Mac) across all historical surname variants (\u003ccode\u003eMacLean\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eMaclaine\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eM'Lean\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eM'Layne\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eM'Clayne\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eM'Clane\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eM'Gilleon\u003c\/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eMacGillian\u003c\/code\u003e) and navigate effortlessly via hierarchical PDF bookmarks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExact Page-Offset Navigation Guide:\u003c\/strong\u003e Includes a Researcher's Guide explaining the exact page conversion formula (\u003ccode\u003eMerged PDF Page = Original Printed Page + 3\u003c\/code\u003e) and 12 documented Highland spelling variations so you never miss an ancestral reference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeterministic Back-of-Book Surname \u0026amp; Place Index:\u003c\/strong\u003e Features Part A (Alphabetical Index of Surnames, Clan Septs, Progenitors \u0026amp; Historical Individuals) and Part B (Index of Parishes, Castles, Estates, Islands, Battles \u0026amp; Manuscripts) citing both Original 1895 Printed Pages and Merged PDF Pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Regional Overview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn January 1895, when \u003cstrong\u003eJohn MacLean\u003c\/strong\u003e, Vice-President of the \u003cstrong\u003eClan MacLean Association\u003c\/strong\u003e in Glasgow, invited \u003cstrong\u003eMurdoch Gillian Maclaine of Lochbuy\u003c\/strong\u003e to become a member and permit the Lochbuy coat-of-arms to appear alongside other cadet bearings on the Association's diploma, Lochbuy refused—signing himself \u003cem\u003e\"Maclaine of Lochbuie, Chief of the Clan\"\u003c\/em\u003e and claiming descent from an elder brother of the Duart line. Drawing on his personal inspection of every charter in the charter-room of \u003cstrong\u003eLochbuy House\u003c\/strong\u003e and the ancient stone vaults at \u003cstrong\u003eLaggan Burying Ground\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Isle of Mull in June and July 1887, Professor J. P. MacLean—supported by Gaelic scholar \u003cstrong\u003eRev. Alexander MacLean-Sinclair\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/em\u003e—systematically dismantled the claims of Lochbuy and his pseudonymous advocate \u003cem\u003e\"Historicus\"\u003c\/em\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOban Times\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor genealogists researching ancestors in the \u003cstrong\u003eIsle of Mull, Morvern, Ardgour, Coll, Tiree, Kingerloch, Muck, Borreray, Urquhart, Dochgarroch, and Strathglass (Kilmorack and Kiltarlity)\u003c\/strong\u003e, this work is packed with primary genealogical proofs. It reproduces the ancient Gaelic pedigree of \u003cstrong\u003eLachlan Lubanach\u003c\/strong\u003e (5th Chief and 1st of Duart, eldest son of \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Dubh\u003c\/strong\u003e) from the \u003cstrong\u003eManuscript of 1450\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eManuscript of 1467\u003c\/strong\u003e edited by Historiographer Royal \u003cstrong\u003eDr. William Forbes Skene\u003c\/strong\u003e; cites the October 1496 legitimation of \u003cstrong\u003eLauchlan M'Gilleon\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eRegistrum Secreti Sigilli\u003c\/em\u003e (vol. i, fol. 29); proves from the \u003cstrong\u003eArdgour MS.\u003c\/strong\u003e and a 1780 Kingerloch charter-room letter that \u003cstrong\u003eCharles of Ardmeanan\u003c\/strong\u003e (founder of the \u003cstrong\u003eHouse of Urquhart\u003c\/strong\u003e) was actually the eldest son of \u003cstrong\u003eHector Reaganach\u003c\/strong\u003e; and documents Clan MacLean's hereditary command at \u003cstrong\u003eHarlaw (1411), Inverlochy (1431 \u0026amp; 1645), Bloody Bay (1482), Flodden (1513), Glenlivat (1594), Inverkeithing (1651), Knockbreck \u0026amp; Killiecrankie (1689), and Sheriffmuir (1715)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSurnames, Septs, Progenitors \u0026amp; Historical Individuals Indexed in This Volume:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAchinross (John Achinross), Balloch (Donald Balloch MacDonald), Boswell (James Boswell), Buadan (son of Buadan), Cameron (Clan Cameron), Charles I. 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(King James), Johnson (Dr. Samuel Johnson), MacDonald \/ Macdonald (Clan Donald, Donald Macdonald of Moydart, Hugh MacDonald of Sleat, John MacDonald 1st Lord of the Isles, Margaret MacDonald Lady Duart), MacGillian, MacIlleathain (Mac Illeathain, The MacLean), MacIntosh \/ Mackintosh (Chief of MacIntosh, Mackintosh Shaw), MacKarnig \/ Mackarnig (Donald MacKarnig, Clan of MacKarnig), MacKenzie \/ Mackenzie (Alexander MacKenzie, Sir Rory MacKenzie of Coigach), MacKinnon \/ M'Kynnon (M'Kynnon of Mull), Maclaine \/ MacLaine of Lochbuy (Capt. Archibald Maclaine, Murdoch Maclaine 17th of Lochbuy, Murdoch Gillian Maclaine of Lochbuy), MacLean \/ M'Lean \/ M'Layne \/ M'Clayne \/ M'Clane \/ M'Gilleon (Allan MacLean of West Brighton, Sir Allan MacLean 19th Chief of Duart, Sir Allan MacLean 22nd Chief of Inch Kenneth, Sir Archibald MacLean of Lochbuy, Catherine MacLean of Duchart, Charles MacLean 1st of Urquhart and Ardmeanan, Donald MacLean of Brolas Tutor of MacLean, Col. Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean 26th Chief and 10th Bart. of Duart, Hector MacLean of Kingerloch, Hector MacLean of Lochbuy, Sir Hector MacLean 18th Chief, Hector Mor MacLean 12th Chief of Dowart, Hector Odhar MacLean 9th Chief, Hector Og MacLean 15th Chief, Hector Reaganach MacLean 1st of Lochbuy, Red Hector MacLean 6th Chief Eachann Ruadh nan Cath, Hugh MacLean of Kingerloch, John MacLean of Grulin, John MacLean Vice-President Clan MacLean Association, Sir John MacLean 20th Chief of Duart, John Dubh MacLean 4th Chief Ian Dubh, John Dubh MacLean of Inverlochy, Johnne M'Clayne of Lochbuy, John Og MacLean 5th of Lochbuy, Prof. John Patterson MacLean J. P. MacLean, John Roy MacLean Johnne Roy M'Clayne, Lachlan MacLean Councillor, Lachlan MacLean of Brolass, Lachlan MacLean of Torloisk, Sir Lachlan MacLean 17th Chief 1st Bart. of Nova Scotia, Lachlan Bronnach MacLean 7th Chief, Lachlan MacLean 10th Chief, Lachlan Catanach MacLean 11th Chief, Lachlan Lubanach MacLean 5th Chief 1st of Duart, Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean 14th Chief, Magnus MacLean M.A. F.R.S.E., Murdoch MacLean 2nd of Lochbuy, Murchadh Gearr MacLean 6th of Lochbuy, Walter MacLean President Clan MacLean Association), MacLean-Sinclair \/ M'Lean-Sinclair (Rev. 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