An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volume 26, October 1930--September 1931

An Lunasdal, 1931.
AN GAIDHEAL.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Sir,—In his interesting article on “The
Highlander Abroad’’ in the June number of
An Oaidheal, Dr. Grant states that the
father of the great Marshall Macdonald
“came of the Macdonalds of the Isles.’’
This is not so. The Duke’s father was a
Clanranald Macdonald, like his kinswoman,
Flora. He was a native of S. Uist, his
family being locally called MacEachain.
Indeed, in early life, he was commonly
known as Neil MacEachain, and only
re-assumed the name of Macdonald when
he retired with his Prince to France, whence
he never returned.
For some time he was tutor in the house¬
hold of his Chief, who chose him as guide
to the Prince when he was hiding in the Long
Island; and Neil acted as attendant to Flora
and to “Betty” in those most perilous days
of the Great Adventure. His narrative of
Prince Charlie’s lurking in the Long Island
is a precious document. No other throws
such light on the temper and charm of the
Wanderer.
Not Skye, but Uist, was the chief goal of
his famous son’s pilgrimage after the
Napoleonic wars were over. To the surviving
kinsmen whom he found there, the Duke of
Tarentum showed himself most courteous
and generous. From the floor of the humble
ancestral dwelling he piously gathered earth
which he took back with him to his chateau
in France.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
Anne Macdonell.
Fur an, 44 T witten Way,
Worthing.
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