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Rob Roy MacGregor
Scottish outlaw (–)
Not to be confused with the American submarine commander Rob Roy McGregor (admiral).
For other people with the same name, see Robert McGregor. For other uses of "Rob Roy", see Rob Roy.
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| Born | Robert MacGregor ()7 March Loch Katrine, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Died | 28 December () (aged&#;63) Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Other&#;names | Robert Campbell (alias) Rob Roy |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, cattle dealer |
| Known&#;for | Scottish folk hero |
| Children | 4 |
Robert Roy MacGregor (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March – 28 December ) was a Jacobite Scottish outlaw, who later became a Scottish and Jacobite folk hero.
Early life
[edit]He was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the Church of Scotlandbaptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregortacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.[1] Seeing as the name MacGregor was outlawed, Rob Roy sometimes went by his mother's name of Campbell.
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Rob Roy Biography
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Rob Roy MacGregor
In Victorian times, people were enthralled by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, who portrayed a man called Rob Roy in his work… a dashing and chivalrous outlaw.
Of course, the truth was a little less glamorous.
For centuries the ‘Wild MacGregors’, cattle rustlers and brigands, were the plague of the Trossachs in Scotland.
The most famous, or infamous, member of the clan was Robert MacGregor, who acquired the name of ‘Roy’ early in life due to his mop of red curly hair.
The Wild MacGregors earned their name and living through ‘cattle lifting’ and extracting money from people in exchange for offering them protection from thieves.
In the early eighteenth century, Rob Roy MacGregor had established a flourishing protection racket, charging farmers an average 5% of their annual rent to ensure that their cattle remained safe.
He had complete control over the other raiders in Argyll, Stirling and Perth and so could guarantee that any cattle stolen from his customers would be returned to them.
Those who did not pay regretted it …as he had them stripped of all they possessed.
Rob Roy was not the sort of man to argue with!
Apart from leading a raid in the Lowland parish of Kippen in , his early days were spent peacefully as a drover, buying and selling Highlan