Clan MacAlister

On the 19th July 1790, a meeting was held at Inverary of the freeholders of Argyllshire, who gathered to choose the shire’s representative for the upcoming parliament. Among the attendees lis

In June of 1539, a complaint was made by the Earl of Argyll against Ranald Mòr MacAngus MacEwen Dùbh, who, according to Sir Alistair Campbell of Airds, with “thirty armed men

On this day in 1940, the steamer SS Clan Macalister was destroyed by the Luftwaffe while taking part in ‘Operation Dynamo’, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkir

In December of 1689, Alexander Macalister of Loup was among a group of men named by the Scottish Privy Council as "suspected or scandled of treasone"; his rents were to be sequestered until h

On this day in 1563, a bond was signed at Brodick Castle between James Hamilton, Duke of Châtelherault, and Angus M'Rannald Moir M'Allister. As in most bonds, there is a grant of land (the

On this day in 1506, 'Donaldo Makalester' is named among the numerous men in the Isle of Bute to whom the king gave new grants of lands they held there. The grant describes those named as hereditar...

On this day in 1689, Jacobite forces under John Graham, Viscount Dundee, inflicted a spectacular defeat on the forces of William of Orange at Killiecrankie in Perthshire. Among Dundee's forces, fig...

On this day in 1836, a group of local abolitionists gathered at the home of James McAllister in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. McAllister and his family operated a mill on this property, and in the deca...

In the summer of 1665, the Privy Council of Scotland, "having heard and considered a petition presented for Gory McAllaster of Loup", granted the Macalister chief an order of protection, to