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Subject: Laird of Glencoe
From: Eleanor Murray <eajmur...@gmail.com>
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Does anyone know anything about someone called G=F2ndec MacG=F2ndec, who
apparently became the "feudal lord of Glencoe" in 2011, and seems to
think the MacG=F2ndecs are a Sept of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. He
appears in a list of Scottish feudal lordships created in Scotland
before 1707, which states that the lordship of Glencoe was created in
1350.

This is the only information I can find about the MacG=F2ndec clan and
their Association, which is "a not-for-profit organization started in
2011 to promote and to share the pride and kinship of the MacG=F2ndec
Sept of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. Membership is open to anyone who
is interested in Clan MacG=F2ndec or the MacDonald of Glencoe name. The
association regularly attends Scottish Highland Games and Festivals
throughout the world."

According to the Lord Lyon's office, they do not hold a comprehensive
record of feudal lordships but can confirm that no-one has recorded
Arms where they claimed to be the holder of the lordship of Glencoe,
and they can find no mention of Glencoe listed in the Inquisit
Retornat Abreviatio or in the Great Seal Register. Of course, this
does not mean that there isn't a lordship of that name but merely that
it has not been traced by them. They have no knowledge of Clan
MacGondec and the Lord Lyon, an expert in West Highland surnames, does
not think that it is a Gaelic name.

Does anyone here know where the MacG=F2ndecs might come from? Or if
there still is, or ever was, a feudal barony or earldom of Glencoe? It
does seem rather intriguing.

Yours aye,
Eleanor