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Clan MackintoshClan MacKintosh is a Scottish clan from Inverness with strong Jacobite ties. The clan has a common history with the Chattan Confederation. Gaelic names Origin of name - Gaelic 'Toiseach' - leader, chief or captain. According to clan historians, the first chief of the clan was Shaw, second son of Duncan MacDuff, Earl of Fife, Royal house of Dalriada. The name therefore has been thought to mean 'son of the chief'.
Tartan Chief Since 1995, John MacKintosh of MacKintosh. Crest - A cat-a-mountain salient guardant Proper
Motto - Touch not the Cat bot a Glove ("Touch not the cat without a glove")
- Loch Moigh - Rallying Cry
Standard - The Arms in the hoist and of two tracts Or and Gules, upon which is depicted the Crest in the first compartment, and a sprig of red whortleberry in the second and third compartments, along with the Slughorn Loch Moigh in letters Or upon two transverse bands Azur
Septs of Clan MacKintosh - Adamson
- Ayson
- Cash
- Clark
- Clarke
- Clarkson
- Clerk
- Clerkson
- Combe
- Combie
- Crarer
- Crearar
- Crearer
- Crerar
- Dallas
- Doles
- Eason
- Easson
- Eggie
- Eggo
- Ego
- Elder
- Esson
- Glen
- Glennie
- Glenny
- Hardie
- Hardy
- Heggie
- Higgison
- Hosick
- Hossack
- Leary
- MacAndrew
- MacArtney
- MacAy
- MacCaish
- MacCardney
- MaacCartney
- MacCash
- MacCause
- MacChlery
- MacClair
- MacCleary
- MacClery
- MacColm
- MacComas
- MacComb
- MacCombe
- MacCombich
- MacCombie
- MacComie
- MacConchie
- MacFail
- MacFall
- MacFauld
- MacGlashan
- MacGlashen
- MacHarday
- MacHardie
- MacHardy
- MacKay
- MacKeggie
- MacKeison
- MacKeson
- MacKieson
- MacKillison
- MacKilligan
- MacKintosh
- MacLear
- MacLeary
- MacLehose
- MacLerie
- MacNevin
- MacNiven
- MacOmie
- MacOmish
- MacPhail
- MacPhial
- MacPhiel
- MacRitchie
- MacTause
- MacTavish
- MacThomas
- MacVail
- McIntosh
- McKintosh
- Nairn
- Nairne
- Nevin
- Nevins
- Nevison
- Niven
- Noble
- Paul
- Raull
- Ripley
- Ritchie
- Sivewright
- Tarrell
- Taweson
- Tawson
- Thom
- Thoms
- Thons
- Tosh
- Toshach
History Shaw, son of Duncan Macduff, accompanied King Malcolm IV of Scotland to Morayshire to suppress rebellion in 1160. In 1163 he was granted land in the Findhorn valley and made constable of Inverness Castle. Upon Shaw's death in 1179, his son, Shaw the second became chief and was confirmed by William I of Scotland, the Lion. In 1291, Angus, sixth chief of MacKintoch, married Eve, the heiress of Clan Chattan. This marriage brought the Chattan lands of Glenloy and Loch Arkaig under MacKintosh control. Since this time, the Clan Chattan has been led by the MacKintoshes, although this has been challenged unsuccessfully by the MacPhersons. Angus later supported Robert I of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. It was this support for Bruce that led to a feud with the Comyns. In 1424, the Comyns took control of the MacKintosh lands of Meikle Geddes and Rait. The MacKintosh retaliated by killing several prominent Comyns. A feast of reconciliation was to be held in the Comyn castle at Rait, however, the Comyn's had planned an attack upon the MacKintoshes. As a black bull's head was brought into the feast, the Comyn were to attack their guests. The plan was foiled by a Comyn youth, who was in love with a MacKintosh girl and told her of the plan. As the bull's head appeared at the feast it was the Comyns who were attacked and slaughtered. During the 1745 Jacobite Rising the chief of MacKintosh was Angus, a captain in the Black Watch Regiment. In his absence, his wife, Lady Anne, daughter of Farquharson of Invercauld rallied the men for Charles Edward Stuart. The MacKintosh clan, and their Chattan Confederation allies suffered terribly at the Battle of Culloden. In 1938, Vice Admiral Lachlan MacKintosh of MacKintosh became chief of Clan MacKintosh, however, after a complicated decision by the Lyon Court in 1942, the leadership of Clan Chattan passed to the MacKintosh of Torcastle line. Clan MacKintosh today - Approximate numbers in various countries: Unknown
- Prominent members: Unknown
- Ancestral lands: Moy Hall remains the seat of Clan MacKintosh, as it has for over 600 years. It features a bed slept in by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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