Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

PREFATORY ADDRESS. XI
sion he had come to in favour of the claim to
seniority set up by the house of Coll. Whence
Mr. Gregory derived the information warranting
the strong opinion given by him in favour of the
Coll branch I am not able to say ; it cannot be
from the genealogy of the house itself, for I
have examined four different versions, and I find
them all opposed to the opinion ; it cannot be
from that of the house of Maclean generally,
for every manuscript I have seen repudiates such
a conclusion. The genealogy of three different
houses may be referred to to set the point at
rest, that of Duart, Coll, and Barra. For expla-
nation I shall give the particulars of the para-
graph in the genealogy having reference to this
subject: Lachlan Bronneack of Duart, Chief of
Maclean, was twice married, first to Lady Mar-
garet, daughter of Alexander Stewart Earl of
Marr, by whom he had Lachlan Oig, who suc-
ceeded him. His second wife was Finovola,
daughter of William Macleod of Harris, by whom
he had two sons ', first, Neil, of whom the families
of Lehire and Ross are descended ; and next,
John, surnamed Garve, the founder of the house
of Coll. After the death of Lachlan Bronneach,
his widow, the mother of Neil of Lehire and John
Garve, married Macneil of Barra, and from her