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APPENDIX
Sleat coming from Hugh, third son of Alexander, Lord
of the Isles (died 1449), grandson of John, and son of
Donald of Harlaw, while Keppoch comes from the fourth
son of John and Princess Margaret, and could only have a
claim if there were a flaw in the pedigree of Sleat. Doubts
have been expressed of the legitimacy of Hugh of Sleat, but
these have been set aside. Glencoe’s progenitor was Ian, son
of Angus Og (died 1330), Bruce’s friend who fought at Bannock¬
burn, the father of John, Lord of the Isles, mentioned above,
but the Seannachies have pronounced him illegitimate. From
this Ian the Glencoe clan has been known as Maclan for
centuries.
It is interesting to know that in the summer of 1911, the
three hereditary heads of the families having serious claims
on the supreme chiefship of the clan, Glengarry, Clanranald,
and Sleat (Sir Alexander of the Isles), signed an indenture
mutually agreeing to cease from active assertion of their
claims, and that in the event of more than one of them being
present with the clan, precedence for the occasion would be
decided by lot.