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     Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor was the son of Alasdair MacGregor, 8th Chief of Clan Gregor and unknown Campbell.² He married Marion Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st of Glenlyon and Mariota Campbell.¹ He died on 7 April 1570 at Balloch, Ayrshire, Scotland, beheaded on the orders of Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, who asked Atholl and other guests to present for the spectacle.¹
     He fought with Campbell of Glenorchy, who had bought the superiority of Glenstrae from Argyll and refused to recognise Gregor Ruadh's succession to that glen.¹ He lived at Glenstrae, Scotland.¹ Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor also went by the nick-name of Gregor 'Ruadh' (or in English, 'the Red.¹') He held the position of 10th Chief of the Clan Gregor from before 1561.¹ In 1561 he was outlawed for murder and other crimes together with several of his clan.¹ In 1563 he formed an alliance with young Stewart of Appin.¹ In 1565 he took part with Argyll in Chatelherault's rebellion in but was pardoned.¹

     Marion Campbell is the daughter of Archibald Campbell, 1st of Glenlyon and Mariota Campbell.^2,3 She married Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor, son of Alasdair MacGregor, 8th Chief of Clan Gregor and unknown Campbell.¹
     Her married name became MacGregor.¹

     Alasdair MacGregor, 11th Chief of Clan Gregor was the son of Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor and Marion Campbell.² He died on 20 January 1604 at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, executed with 11 of his principal clansmen, being hanged his own height above the rest.¹
     He lived at Glenstrae, Scotland.¹ Alasdair MacGregor, 11th Chief of Clan Gregor also went by the nick-name of ‘the Arrow of Glenlyon', for his prowess as hunter and archer.¹ He held the position of 11th Chief of the Clan Gregor from in 1570.¹ In 1589 he was denounced by the Privy Council with 138 of his clansmen because when some Gregarach (members of the Clan Gregor of the branch called the ‘Children of the Mist') brought him the head of their victim John Drummond of Drummond-Ernoch (a Royal Forester of Glenartney who had punished Mac Gregor poachers) he summoned the whole clan together at the Chuch of Balquidder, where they each laid their hand on the severed head in turn.¹ In 1591 the MacAulay Chief recognised Alasdair as his own Chief, both asserting a common descent from Clan Alpin.¹ In 1591/92 nevertheless he was pardoned.¹ In 1596 he gave a bond of good behaviour in the presence of King James VI and the Privy Council and remained in the Royal Household as a pledge for his clan, later sending hostages in his place.¹ In 1602 his territory was raided by Maclean of Duart and the Clan Cameron, while some of his wilder Gregarach raided the Colquhouns of Luss of when King James VI's sympathy was aroused by the Colquhoun women bringing him the bloody shirts of their dead and wounded.¹ Alasdair was captured by Campbell of Ardkinglas, and escaped by swimming a loch, but was retaken by Argyll, who had promised to send him safe to England but sent him only to Berwick under guard then brought him back at once for trial.¹ In 1603 two months later Alasdair himself raided Luss with 400 clansmen, defeating the Colquhouns (now invested with the royal authority) at the Battle of Glenfruin, for which the whole clan Gregor were outlawed and the Name of MacGregor proscribed on pain of death.¹

     Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor was the son of Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor and Marion Campbell.² He married Elizabeth Murray, daughter of John Murray, 5th of Strowan and Grissell Bruce.¹ He died on 7 February 1603, killed by an arrow while leading that half of the Gregarach force which took the Colquhouns of Luss in the rear at the Battle of Glenfruin.¹
     Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor also went by the nick-name of ‘Black John of the Coat of Mail'.¹ In 1589 he was outlawed.¹ In 1599 he was one of the Laird of Mac Gregor's ‘own gang.¹'

     John Murray, 5th of Strowan was the son of Alexander Murray, 4th of Kelach and 3rd of Strowan and Margaret Reidheugh.² He married Grissell Bruce, daughter of John Bruce, 3rd of Cultmalundy and Euphemia Elphinstone.² He died circa 1618.²

     Elizabeth Murray is the daughter of John Murray, 5th of Strowan and Grissell Bruce.^3,2 She married Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor, son of Gregor MacGregor, 10th Chief of Clan Gregor and Marion Campbell.¹
     Her married name became MacGregor.¹

     Gregor MacGregor, 12th Chief of Clan Gregor was born circa 1599.² He was the son of Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor and Elizabeth Murray.³ He married Margaret Sinclair.¹
     During his boyhood the Clan Gregor were driven homeless into the hills, being hunted with bloodhounds and when caught the men butchered while the women were branded on their faces with a key-mark. Those who survived were forced to take another name and in one case may well have been ancestors of that line of Stewarts who were eventually ennobled as Marquesses of Londonderry.¹ He held the position of 12th Chief of the Clan Gregor from in 1603.¹ He took the alias ‘John Murray.¹' He lived at Stirlingshire, Scotland.¹ He lived in 1624 he was obliged to sell Glenstrae with the tower of Stronmelochan to Campbell of Glenorchy.¹ In 1626 eventually the persecution abated and in as ‘Laird of MacGregor' Gregor prosecuted Buchanan of Leny for the slaughter of some of the Clan Gregor.¹ From 1635 to 1636 nevertheless he and his brother were imprisoned in Edinburgh for being MacGregors.¹

     Margaret Sinclair married, secondly, Gregor MacGregor, 12th Chief of Clan Gregor, son of Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor and Elizabeth Murray.¹ She married, firstly, John Grant of Carron.¹
     Her married name became MacGregor. Her married name became Grant.¹

     Patrick MacGregor, 13th Chief of Clan Gregor was born circa 1600.² He was the son of Iain 'Dubh nan Luiraig' MacGregor and Elizabeth Murray.³ He married Jean Campbell, daughter of Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, 3rd Bt. and Isabel Macintosh.¹ He died before August 1649.¹
     He held the position of 13th Chief of the Clan Gregor from.¹ Patrick MacGregor, 13th Chief of Clan Gregor also went by the nick-name of Patrick 'Ruadh'.¹ In 1641 he seized lands in Rannoch in from the Menzies chief.¹ In 1644 as a royalist, he raised his clan for Montrose, who promised to restore the MacGregors if he were victorious.¹ He gained the rank of Battles of Kilsyth in 1645.¹ He fought in the Battles of Inverlochy in 1645.¹