GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (WEATHERED) - Tartans beginning with 'A' ' Apparently MacLeod was a

' Apparently MacLeod was a special friend of the Hays/ Stuarts/ Sobieskis and one of the brothers gave him the sketch many years before the Vestiarium Scoticum was published

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had the modern design prepared from the recollection of old people in Argyllshire

The tartan was recorded by the City of Dunedin in Lord Lyon Public Register of all Arms & Bearings 36/86 on 25th November 1947

GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (WEATHERED) - Tartans beginning with 'A' ' Apparently MacLeod was aIn 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders. One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch. The companies were known locally as the 'Black Watch' and were eventually consolidated to form the 43rd (later 42nd) Royal Highland Regiment. The Independent Companies wore a dark blue, black and green plaid which was woven