Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 4, 1896

THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
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laLBKKT HAOri,, COL'NT linYLKV,
cousins by Mrs. MacDonell, of Keppoch, and
other members of the clan. The eldest sou.
Reginald Donald D'Oyley. was born in Paris in
1869, baptised in the Eoyal Palace of Marlia,
the residence of one of his sponsors, H.R.H.
^'ictoria Ausgusta de Bourbon, and was
educated at Stonj'hurst. He was made
■' (-'americe secret de Cape et d'Ejit-e " by Pope
Leo XIII in 188!l, was a universal favourite,
but died at Cannes in 1889, and was buried in
the family mausoleum at Versailles. The
second son. Gilbert Eaoul, Count D'Oyley, was
born in February, 1875, took his degrees at
the Universitj' of Sorbonne, Paris, and is now
considered one of the most elegant and accom-
plished swordsmen in France. The youngest
son, Alastair Ivan Ladislaus Lucidus, Viscount
D'Oyley, was born in February, 1880, a fine
boy, likely to develop all the manly qualities of
his ancestors.
Josephine M. MacDoneij..
CLUNY AND LADY CLUNY OF THE
'45, AFTER CULLODEN.
Br Alexander Macpueeson, Kingiis.sie.
X.
THE SON OF CLUNY OF THE '4.-i
Do chinneadh fein Clann Mhuirich,
Bhiodh iad uile gu 'd ordiigh
Fearail, treiin, ascaoiii, fuileach,
Sud na curaidli' naoh soradh,
'Dol ri aodainn a' chatha,
Claidh' leathann 'nan dbrn-san,
Ann an aobhar mac d' athar
'S iad ,i,'un athadh gun soradh.
r.7|N 180-1 Colonel Thornton, of Thornville-
"iiV Itoyal, in Yorkshire, published a most
'— interesting journal of a visit which he
paid to Badenoch and other parts of the
Highlands about twenty years previously. In
that journal the Colonel gives the following
lively sketch of the rejoicings which took place
at Pitmain — the old coaching stage near
Kingussie — on the occasion of the restoration
cif the forfeited estates of Cluny of the '45 to
Colonel Duncan IMacpherson — his only son.
There is no year mentioned in the journal, but
fiom documents preserved in the Cluny Charter
Chest it is clear that the entertainment took
place on 18th September, 1781. On the 17th
of that month Colonel Thornton records in his
journal that on returning to Raitts that evening
lie " found a very polite in\itation from Colonel
-MacjDherson and the clan requesting me to
dine with them the next day, which was set
apart for general festivity and rejoicing on
account of a late public event, considered by
them as a most advantageous revolution in
their favour." On the ISth he records that
" the morning was taken up with ordering
illuminations and bontii-es in honour of the
day, and the housekeeper was directed to send
to Colonel Maepherson whatever Raitts afforded
that might in any respect pi'ove acceptable at
the feast intended to be given." He then
proceeds —
. "On our arrival we found a large party of
gentlemen already assembled, and the area full of
the lower class of the Clan Maepherson. Other
gentlemen were likewise continually ushering in
from all parts, some of whom came about sixty
miles, so happy were they to testify their regard
for the present jiussessor of the estate ; in short no
words can express the joy that was exhibited in
every countenance. The ladies, too, not that 1
think it singular, seemed to me to enter more
heartily, if possible, into the joys of the day than
the men ; the tout inatiuhlv made this meeting
interesting enough. At most public meetings there
are some discontented mortals who rather check
than inspire mirth. The case here was quite the
reverse ; with tliat perfect innocence which abounds
in the Highlands joined to the clannish regard not
totally removed by luxury and knowledge of the
world, every individual added something, and
exerted himself to promote the common cause. At
five o'clock dinner was announced, and each
gentleman with the utmost gallantry handed in his
tartan- dressed partner. The table was covered
with every luxury the vales of Badenoch, Spey, and
Lochaber could produce, and a very substantial
entertainment it was ; game of all kinds, and