- remains.
Highland chiefship or
chieftainship in the
modern sense is no more than a high
social dignity. The
existence of
chiefship and
chieftainship has...
-
Bowmont and Cessford. The
previous Duke of
Roxburghe was heir to the
chiefship of Clan
Innes (Clann Innis, not Mac Aong****s or Clan MacInnes); however...
- John
Charles Ogilvie-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield, KT (4
September 1815 – 18
February 1881),
styled Viscount Reidhaven from 1840 to 1853, was a Scottish...
- 200 years.
There is no heir to the
baronetcy of Corsehill,
though his
chiefship may p**** to and
through the
female line. Earl of
Glencairn Barony and...
- mac Domhnaill, Lord of Islay.
After the latter's
apparent death, the
chiefship of the
kindred was ****umed by
Aonghus Óg's
elder brother,
Alasdair Óg...
- in the
independence movement and the
legitimate claimant to the
Ngwato chiefship, was
elected as the
first president, and
subsequently re-elected twice...
-
order of
succession permits.
Methods of
succession to kingdoms,
tribal chiefships, and such
include nomination (the
reigning monarch or a
council names...
-
William Wallace in the
cause of independence. In the 15th century, the
chiefship of the clan p****ed to an heiress, who
married into the
Seton family and...
-
would become the
legal heir to the
Earldom of
Sutherland and
overall chiefship of the Clan Sutherland.
According to Sir
Robert Gordon, who
himself was...
-
controversially (vis-à-vis Scotland's
Salic law)
granted the arms and
allocated the
chiefships of
medieval noble families to female-line
descendants of lords, even when...
