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The Clan McAllister was a collateral branch of the Clan Donald, and it is of this branch of the clan – the Allister of Tarbert – that the "Alexanders" were a part. One of the most outstanding Alexanders was Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling. He was a favorite at the Court of King James…monarch wrote together a metrical version of the Psalms. Sir William Alexander was a poet of note in his day, and three volumes of his work are preserved in the British Museum, as worthy examples of the poetry of his time. He was granted large tracts of land in America, chiefly Newfoundland and Canada. He was Secretary of State of Scotland and held may other offices. He was very ambitious, politically, thereby incurring heavy expenses, and at his death was greatly involved in debt. Some of his kinsmen settled on the encheated lands in Ireland, many of them later emigrating to America [1]
Glenbarr Abbey was formally presented to Clan Macalister in September, 1984 by its owner and present occupant, Angus C. Macalister, 5th Laird of Glenbarr as the Clan Centre. This marvelous Gothic structure is located on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula, south of Tarbert in Scotland. Few other clans are fortunate enough to have clan centres and it is hoped that all clan members will visit Glenbarr Abbey. The centre is open from April through October. The ancestor to this earliest offshoot from the great Clan Donald was Alister (or Alexander), eldest son of Angus, Lord of the Isles and Kintyre. Through joining the MacDougals against Robert Bruce, Alister forfeited his succession to that lordship. His descendants, inhabiting a tract of Knapdale and North Kintyre grew strong enough to extend into Arran and Bute. They became an independent clan when the Lords of the Isles were suppressed in 1493. Their first Knapdale stronghold of Castle Sweyn was assaulted by Robert Bruce, whereafter the chief's seat became Ardpatrick, and finally Loup in Kintyre. Though having lost much of its strength and territory to the Campbells, as did many other clans in that preiod, the clan appeared in the royalist ranks with Montrose, and again at Killiecrankie [2]
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- Alisdair Mor
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/a/alexander_hezekiah.htm
- ^ http://www.clanmcalister.org/glenbarr.html
