Murray of Tullibardine - A Tartan with an Unbroken Link to the '45

Peter MacDonald is Scotland’s foremost tartan historian and Head of Research at the Scottish Tartans Authority. He specialises in all aspects of Tartan, with a particular interest in Jacobite era patterns and techniques through to the early commercial production of tartan by the famous weaving firm Wilsons of Bannockburn.
He begins his talk on the Murray of Tullibardine Tartan by tracing its origins and its link with the Earls of Dunmore, starting with the second son of the first Marquis of Tullibardine. He then goes on to discuss how the tartan was used by 18th century artists in paintings such as that of Lord George Murray in Highland dress, and Allan Ramsay's famous portraits of Flora MacDonald (which today hangs in the Ashmolean Museum), Norman MacLeod, Chief of Clan MacLeod, and the Earl of Loudon. He then considers examples of the tartan that can be seen today at Blair Castle, ancestral home of the Murrays of Tullibardine, and its enduring use today by family members and also more widely as a fashionable and stylish tartan with links to the Jacobite Cause.

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Wonderful video. Peter, thanks for sharing your research and knowledge.

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This man is as far back as I can find in my family tree. My 13th great grandfather