GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre there was one of those

there was one of those grand fetes given at Braemar

but there is no mention in Wilson's comprehensive pattern books of a MacKinlay tartan

The first idea had been to base it on the Campbell - a clan with which the Burns family were connected - but after much discussion it was decided more appropriate to model it on the Shepherd's Check

It was eventually preserved in the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh

GRANT HUNTING [MILITARY] (ANCIENT) Choose:By the metre there was one of thoseIn 1725, General George Wade, the commander of British forces in North Britain authorised the formation of six independent companies of troops to police the Highlanders. One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch. The companies were known locally as the 'Black Watch' and were eventually consolidated to form the 43rd (later 42nd) Royal Highland Regiment. The Independent Companies wore a dark blue, black and green plaid which was woven