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Farquharson
McIan, Robert Ronald, 1845, Lithograph
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Title
Farquharson
Description
An old man dressed in a plaid of the Farquharson tartan sits forlornly beside the grave of a family member. He carries a Lochaber axe.He is reputed to be the 115 year old Fearchar whose only remaining son was killed after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
Artist / maker
McIan, Robert Ronald
Engraver
Unknown
Date
1845
Size
34.7 x 24.5 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The accompanying text in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' by James Logan begins as follows:
"SIOL FHEARCHAR, NO FHIUNNLA' - THE FARQUHARSONS
This is a division of the great Clan Chattan, and they are derived by their family historians and current traditions from Shah of Rothiemurcus in Strathspey, who was literally descended from the ancient Thanes of Fife. This Shah Macduff with his followers were of great assistance to the MacPhersons in driving the Cummins from Badenach, and his activity recommended him to the favour of The Bruce, from whom the lands of Braigh Mhar in Aberdeenshire seem to have been first obtained, and of which he was appointed hereditary chamberlain, Fearchar, son of Shah, lived in the reigns of Robert II and III, and married a daughter of Patrick Mac Dhoncha, ancestor of the Robertsons of Lude, by whom he left a son Donald, who likewise married a Robertson of the Calveen family. His successor, Feachar, left a numerous issue by a daughter of Chisholm of Strathglas, of whom several settled in the braes of Angus, and were the progenitors of many respectable families there."
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