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Clan Fletcher
Clan Fletcher is a Scottish clan which is officially recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. It is considered an armigerous clan since the clan no longer has a chief recognized by the Lord Lyon.
The name Fletcher is derived from the French word flechier, which means arrow maker. The first record of the name was from Jean de la Flèche, a Norman noble who was given land by William the Conqueror. His descendant later moved to Scotland. The name was a very common trade name, so much so that it became used in the Scottish Gaelic language as fleisdear. In the eighteenth century some families went full circle and anglicised the name from the Gaelic, Mac-an-leistear, back into Fletcher.
Sometime after the eleventh century a band of Mac-an-leistears settled in Glen Orchy, Argyll. There they became arrow makers to the Clan MacGregor. Other small groups of Mac-an-leisters settled in glens that belonged to other clans, in order to make arrows for them.
The first recorded clan chief was Angus Mac-an-leister, who was born in about 1450. In 1497, the clan joined the Stewarts of Appin and the Maclarens in a battle against clan MacDonald, after which a bond of friendship was formed between the Mac-an-leisters and the Stewarts, sealed by an oath on the dirk.
According to ancient family lore, Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, who was in high royal favour with James VI of Scotland coveted the Mac-an-leister's lands. Campbell had royal authority to maintain a large band of armed retainers who he employed in a campaign of intimidation and violence under the guise of keeping the peace among warring clans in Argyllshire and Perthshire. Campbell deliberately provoked a dispute with the Mac-an-leister chief and trumped up a murder charge against him. As a result, Mac-an-leister was compelled to sign a deed in which all of his family lands were ceded to the Campbells. From 1587 onwards, the Mac-an-leisters were merely tenants of the land in Glen Orchy.
Robert Fletcher, a merchant and burgess of Dundee, bought the Innerpeffer estate in 1596, and it was his son, Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer, a judge, who bought the Saltoun estates in 1643. Andrew's grandson, Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun "the Patriot", was a fierce opponent of the union with England. He became MP for Haddington in 1678; however, he was forced to flee to Holland for having supported the Monmouth Rebellion against James II of England (VII of Scotland). The Saltoun estate was inherited by his younger brother, Henry Fletcher, whose son was Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, another judge who became Lord Justice Clerk and Keeper of the King's Signet.
During the Jacobite rising of 1715, Archibald, the ninth chief of the clan, led the Mac-an-leisters in support of the Jacobites. Thirty years later, his younger brother John did the same in the Jacobite rising of 1745. However, in the latter rebellion, Archibald supplied men to the British-Hanoverian forces under his Campbell overlords, thereby avoiding forfeiture.
During the Highland Clearances, the majority of the Fletcher Clan were evicted from Glenorchy by the Campbell Marquesses of Breadalbane, with many emigrating to the United States and Canada. Today, there are 29 Fletcher graves in Glenorchy kirk's burial ground and there are many more at Achallader Castle.
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Clan Fletcher
Clan Fletcher is a Scottish clan which is officially recognized by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. It is considered an armigerous clan since the clan no longer has a chief recognized by the Lord Lyon.
The name Fletcher is derived from the French word flechier, which means arrow maker. The first record of the name was from Jean de la Flèche, a Norman noble who was given land by William the Conqueror. His descendant later moved to Scotland. The name was a very common trade name, so much so that it became used in the Scottish Gaelic language as fleisdear. In the eighteenth century some families went full circle and anglicised the name from the Gaelic, Mac-an-leistear, back into Fletcher.
Sometime after the eleventh century a band of Mac-an-leistears settled in Glen Orchy, Argyll. There they became arrow makers to the Clan MacGregor. Other small groups of Mac-an-leisters settled in glens that belonged to other clans, in order to make arrows for them.
The first recorded clan chief was Angus Mac-an-leister, who was born in about 1450. In 1497, the clan joined the Stewarts of Appin and the Maclarens in a battle against clan MacDonald, after which a bond of friendship was formed between the Mac-an-leisters and the Stewarts, sealed by an oath on the dirk.
According to ancient family lore, Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, who was in high royal favour with James VI of Scotland coveted the Mac-an-leister's lands. Campbell had royal authority to maintain a large band of armed retainers who he employed in a campaign of intimidation and violence under the guise of keeping the peace among warring clans in Argyllshire and Perthshire. Campbell deliberately provoked a dispute with the Mac-an-leister chief and trumped up a murder charge against him. As a result, Mac-an-leister was compelled to sign a deed in which all of his family lands were ceded to the Campbells. From 1587 onwards, the Mac-an-leisters were merely tenants of the land in Glen Orchy.
Robert Fletcher, a merchant and burgess of Dundee, bought the Innerpeffer estate in 1596, and it was his son, Andrew Fletcher, Lord Innerpeffer, a judge, who bought the Saltoun estates in 1643. Andrew's grandson, Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun "the Patriot", was a fierce opponent of the union with England. He became MP for Haddington in 1678; however, he was forced to flee to Holland for having supported the Monmouth Rebellion against James II of England (VII of Scotland). The Saltoun estate was inherited by his younger brother, Henry Fletcher, whose son was Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, another judge who became Lord Justice Clerk and Keeper of the King's Signet.
During the Jacobite rising of 1715, Archibald, the ninth chief of the clan, led the Mac-an-leisters in support of the Jacobites. Thirty years later, his younger brother John did the same in the Jacobite rising of 1745. However, in the latter rebellion, Archibald supplied men to the British-Hanoverian forces under his Campbell overlords, thereby avoiding forfeiture.
During the Highland Clearances, the majority of the Fletcher Clan were evicted from Glenorchy by the Campbell Marquesses of Breadalbane, with many emigrating to the United States and Canada. Today, there are 29 Fletcher graves in Glenorchy kirk's burial ground and there are many more at Achallader Castle.
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