| This design appears in many early collections including
Logans 'The Scottish Gael'(1831) and Smibert (1850). The
sett has its source in the MacKenzie tartan used in 1777
by John MacKenzie called Lord MacLeod when he raised a
regiment called 'Lord MacLeod's Highlanders'. The family
claimed to be heirs of the last chief of Lewis, Roderick,
who had died in 1595. (Tartans of Clan MacLeod.
Rhuairidh MacLeod (1990).) This tartan was approved by
the Chief Norman Magnus, 26th Chief, in 1910, and has
been since the usual mode
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