Scottish Clans - Clan MacAulay Of Scotland
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Published on 9 September 2008
Two clans of this name and associated with districts so far apart as Dunbarton and Lewis must be considered as having no family connection with each other.
Aulay, brother of the Earl of Lennox, signed the Ragman’s Roll in 1296, but it is as “ of Ardincaple” that we consider them first as a clan. They were a branch of the great Clan Alpine, and in 1591 the chief of the MacAulays entered into a bond of manrent with MacGregor of Glenstrae admitting that the former were a cadet of the MacGregors and agreeing to pay the “ calp,” a tax due to the chief. “ Awlay Macawlay of Ardincapill” appears in “ The General Band” of 1587 as a vassal of the Duke of Lennox, and again the “ McCawlis” appear in the Roll of Broken Clans in 1594. The MacAulays retained the lands of Ardencaple until the 12th chief sold them to the Duke of Argyll in 1787.
The MacAulays of Lewis were followers of “ Siol Torquil,” or the Macleods of Lewis, and claim to be descended from Aula, or Olave the Black, who was King of Man and the Isles in the thirteenth century. The MacAulays of Sutherland and Ross, where they were numerous, were probably related to the Lewis MacAulays.
The Ross-shire MacAulays occupied the district round Ullapool ( Olave’s home) and enlisted under the banner of the MacKenzies. Lord MacAulay was descended from the Lewis branch of the clan. He wrote extensively for the Edinburgh Review, and his Lays of Ancient Rome(1842) and his History of England (1839-55) added to his fame as an author, but his Highland descent did not make him too sympathetic to the Highlanders.
Crest: An antique boot couped at the ankle with a spur theron, proper. Badge: Pine, Cranberry.
Two clans of this name and associated with districts so far apart as Dunbarton and Lewis must be considered as having no family connection with each other.
Two clans of this name and associated with districts so far apart as Dunbarton and Lewis must be considered as having no family connection with each other. Aulay, brother of the Earl of Lennox, signed the Ragman’s Roll in 1296, but it is as “ of Ardincaple” that we consider them first as a clan. They were a branch of the great Clan Alpine, and in 1591 the chief of the MacAulays entered into a bond of manrent with MacGregor of Glenstrae admitting that the former were a cadet of the MacGregors and agreeing to pay the “ calp,” a tax due to the chief. “ Awlay Macawlay of Ardincapill” appears in “ The General Band” of 1587 as a vassal of the Duke of Lennox, and again the “ McCawlis” appear in the Roll of Broken Clans in 1594. The MacAulays retained the lands of Ardencaple until the 12th chief sold them to the Duke of Argyll in 1787.
The MacAulays of Lewis were followers of “ Siol Torquil,” or the Macleods of Lewis, and claim to be descended from Aula, or Olave the Black, who was King of Man and the Isles in the thirteenth century. The MacAulays of Sutherland and Ross, where they were numerous, were probably related to the Lewis MacAulays.
The Ross-shire MacAulays occupied the district round Ullapool ( Olave’s home) and enlisted under the banner of the MacKenzies. Lord MacAulay was descended from the Lewis branch of the clan. He wrote extensively for the Edinburgh Review, and his Lays of Ancient Rome(1842) and his History of England (1839-55) added to his fame as an author, but his Highland descent did not make him too sympathetic to the Highlanders.
Crest: An antique boot couped at the ankle with a spur theron, proper. Badge: Pine, Cranberry.