CHIEFS OF THE
CLAN
LOCHALSH
I Mathghamhain
flourished
1225
II Kenneth
died 1304
III Murdoch
flourished
1300s
IV Duncan
flourished
1300s
V Murdoch
flourished
1300s
VI Duncan
flourished 1300s
VII Murdoch
flourished
c 1400
VIII Alasdair
died 1438
killed at Battle of Cnoc nan Catach
IX Iain Dubh the elder
died 1490s
X Alasdair MacRuaidhri
died 1506
XI Iain Dubh the younger
died 1539
Chamberlain
of Eilean Donan Castle
XII Dugald Roy
flourished 1540s
XIII Murdoch Buidhe
flourished 1530s-1570s
XIV Roderick (1st of Fernaig)
died before
1600
XV Iain (2nd of Fernaig )
flourished 1600s
Also
known as Iain McRuari Mhic Mhathoin
XVI Iain Og
flourished 1660s
BENNETSFIELD
XVII Iain Mor
died 1715
XVIII Alexander (1st of Bennetsfield)
held Chiefship 1715 - 1754
XIX John (2nd of Bennetsfield)
1754-1768
Present at Battle of Culloden in 1746
XX Colin (3rd of Bennetsfield)
1763
- 1825
XXI John (4th of Bennetsfield)
1825
- 1843
XXII James Brook Young (5th of Bennetsfield) 1843
- 1886
XXIII Eric Grant (6th of Bennetsfield)
1886 - 1899
XXIV Heylin Fraser (7th of Bennetsfield)
1899 - 1945
XXV Bertram Heylin (9th of Bennetsfield)
1945 - 1975
LOCHALSH
XXVI Torquhil Alexander
1975 - 1993
XXVII Fergus John
1993 -
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