William St John Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox[2]
The Chief of the Name and Arms of MacAlister[2] (Mac Iain Duibh[3])
Historic seat
Kennox House
Clan branches
MacAlister of Tarbet MacAlister of Glenbarr[4] Alexanders of Menstrie MacAlister of Antrim
Clan MacAlister is a Scottish Clan. The clan is the earliest branch to have split off from Clan Donald, claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall founder of Clan Donald. From Alasdair Mòr the clans takes its surname MacAlister; this surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic MacAlasdair meaning "son of Alasdair". In the 15th century the chief of the clan was seated in Kintyre, and the clan was centred there until the 18th century, when a chief sold the family estate in preference to an estate in the Scottish Lowlands.
^Cite error: The named reference B1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abCite error: The named reference burke-chief was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference clandonald-cdm00a03 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Macd3-194-198 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
ClanMacAlister is a Scottish Clan. The clan is the earliest branch to have split off from Clan Donald, claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall...
MacAlister. There are also notable historic branches of Clan Donald without chiefs so-recognised, these are: the ClanMacDonald of Dunnyveg, ClanMacDonald...
ClanMacAlister of Antrim is an Irish clan and a branch of ClanMacAlister of Scotland. The clan was established as an Irish sept in Antrim in north-east...
Macalister, MacAlister, MacAllister and their variants are forms of a Gaelic surname which means 'son of Alisdair'. The name originated in Scotland and...
Alexander, are a sept of ClanMacAlister of Scotland. The family is said to descend from Somerled, Lord of the Isles. The seat of the clan was at Menstrie Castle...
this file? See media help. Clan Campbell (Scottish Gaelic: Na Caimbeulaich [na ˈkʰaimbəl̪ˠɪç]) is a Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the largest...
chief Archibald MacAlister along with Angus Og MacDonald carried out a similar attack on the inhabitants of the Isle of Bute against the Clan Stuart. A year...
Sorley Boy MacDonnell, brother of Colla, later acquired the castle when trading property with Gillaspick. He later handed it to the MacAlisters because of...
1200s, clan Bruce in the 1300s, clanMacKenzie in the 1400s brought the clanMacLean into the Scottish royal sphere. The founder of the clan was a Scottish...
Loup, Chief of ClanMacAlister in 1587. He died in c. 1636 at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland. Gorrie MacAlester became Chief of ClanMacAlister at a young age...
Chief of ClanMacAlister. He succeeded to the title in 1636. He was hanged for treason at Whinny Hill, Kinlochkerran, Scotland in 1647. Hector MacAlester...
Macalester, Macalister, Macallaster, MacAllister, Maccalister, McAllister. Anglicised forms of Mac Alasdair include Alister, MacAlester, MacAlister, MacAllister...
of Clann Somhairle and the ancestor of ClanMacDonald, ClanMacDougall, ClanMacAlister, and many other clans. Little is known about her life apart from...
Alexander MacAlister was 8th of Loup, Chief of ClanMacAlister. MacAlister supported the deposed King James VII of Scotland and fought at the battle of...
of ClanMacAlister, becoming independent from ClanMacDonald in 1493, the chief, Iain Dubh (Anglicisation: Black John), created the seat of the clan at...
Owen MacEoin Dubh MacAlister was a son of Alasdair MacEoin Dubh MacAlister, 1st of Loup, Chief of ClanMacAlister. He was killed in battle in Antrim, Ireland...
of Loup, in 1792, only son of Angus McAlester of Loup, Chief of the ClanMacAlister, who died in 1797. He assumed the name and arms of Somerville along...
"Alister" (Gaelic for Alexander) from birth. As a youth, MacKenzie and his family spent summers near Lochinver, on what had been traditional ClanMacKenzie...
more detail John de Lany 1326 Charles MacAlister 1481 Annals of Ulster AD 431-1201 (vols. 1 and 2). 2009. "The MacMillans in Knapdale". 2009. Archived from...
in Scotland in 1797 and was a chief of ClanMacAlister. Born 15 September 1797, the eldest son of Charles MacAlester and Janet Somerville, daughter of...
Scotland. The estate was once home to the chiefs of ClanMacAlister, and the chief still takes the name "MacAlester of Loup". Sir William Mackinnon purchased...
built by Col. Matthew Macalister, 1st Laird of Glenbarr. Today it serves as a visitor centre for the history of ClanMacAlister. Gittings, Bruce; Munro...
Lords of Argyll, and ClanMacDougall. From Ranald descended the Lords of the Isles, Clan Donald, ClanMacRory, and ClanMacAlister. Since the early 2000s...
MacAllister, 2nd of Loup, Chief of ClanMacAlister as a reward for their service and loyalty to the MacDonnell clan. His uncle Sorley Boy ordered the celebration...
Global Information
