Clan Chattan

Clan Chattan
Profile
RegionHighland
DistrictInverness
Chief
Malcolm Mackintosh of Torcastle, 33rd Chief of Clan Chattan, a resident of New Zealand represented by John Mackintosh of Mackintosh, 31st Chief of Clan Mackintosh and President of the Clan Chattan Association.[1]
Historic seatTor Castle in Lochaber, Moy Hall in Inverness (current)
Septs of Clan Chattan
Allied clans
See each member clan's list but most significantly: Clan MacDougall (early period), Clan Bruce (early period), Clan Donald (early period), Clan Grant, Clan Mackenzie of Kintail, Clan Campbell of Cawdor, Clan Rose, Clan Erskine(Earls of Mar) on occasion, Clan Gordon(Earls of Huntly) on occasion
Rival clans
See each member clan's list but most significantly: Clan Donald (early period), Clan Cumming, Clan Cameron, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, Clan Erskine(Earls of Mar) on occasion, Clan Gordon(Earls of Huntly) on occasion

Clan Chattan (Scottish Gaelic: Na Catanaich or Clann Chatain)[5] is a unique confederation of Highland clans.[6] This distinctive allied community[7] comprised at its greatest extent seventeen separate clans (currently twelve),[8] who each had their own clan chief recognized under Scottish law, but were further united and bound to the superior chief of the Confederation for mutual solidarity, sustenance and protection in the Middle Ages and early modern period in the Great Glen and Cairngorms. A tribal coalition of this magnitude was a source of apprehension to both the Lord of the Isles and the Kings of Scots and records exist of machinations to "crying doon the Clan Chattan" by formenting internal dissension.[9]

  1. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/16424/page/125/data.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b c d Scots Kith & Kin. HarperCollins. 2014. p. 57. ISBN 9780007551798.
  3. ^ "The Clan". clanmacthomas.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Clan MacThomas". celticlifeintl.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean Pearsanta". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Archived from the original (docx) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  6. ^ Way, George of Plean; Squire, Romilly of Rubislaw (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. Glasgow: HarperCollins (for the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 102–103. ISBN 0-00-470547-5.
  7. ^ Fraser-Mackintosh, Charles (1898). An Account of the Confederation of Clan Chattan, Its Kith and Kin. Glasgow: John MacKay 'Celtic Monthly' Office. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Clan Chattan Association". clanchattan.org.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ^ The clans, septs and regiments of the Scottish Highlands, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A (Scot), W. & A. K. Johnston, Limited Edinburgh, 1907, pg 208-209