MACGREGOR [ROB ROY] (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'L' before publication in the Vestiarium

before publication in the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842)

The Sobieski Stuart brothers who published the Vestiarium claimed to be the heirs to a manuscript once in the hands of Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself but the original was never produced for public examination

It was claimed that the official Morrison clan tartan was recorded by Lord Lyon in January 1968

second son of the first Marquis of Tullibardine

This is oldest recorded version of the Clan sett

MACGREGOR [ROB ROY] (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'L' before publication in the VestiariumA specimen of the Rob Roy sett exists in the collection of the Highland Society of London (1816 1817), bearing the Seal of Arms of Sir John MacGregor Murray of MacGregor, Baronet, and signed John M. Murray and is labelled "The MacGregor Tartan for undress ordinary clothing." The specimens were collected during the period 1815 16. DW Stewart says no documentary evidence exists of Rob Roy actually wearing it but in their 1850 book "The Clan and Family