MONTGOMERY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The Gows or MacGowans were

The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan

1950 acquired the name Mitchell when adopted by the U

which was burned down by the Maxwells in 1593

' (1850) This is the sett shown in the famous picture of the Chief of the MacLeods

Also known as MacLeod Dress and sometimes jokingly referred to as 'Loud MacLeod' but Sir Thomas Dick Lauder obviously liked it

MONTGOMERY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre The Gows or MacGowans wereThis was originally Wilson's of Bannockburn No. 7 or 'Eglinton'. It was later adopted by the Montgomeries of Ayrshire and D. W. Stewart thought this took place about the time of the Union (1707). Jamie Scarlett MBE comments that if that is correct, it must be one of the earliest known genuine Lowland tartans.