Rob Roy MacGregor

Robert Roy MacGregor ( born March 7, 1671 at Glengyle at Loch Katrine, † December 28, 1734 in Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder ), also known as Rob Roy, was a Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century.

Life

Rob Roy was born in Glengyle at Loch Katrine, which demonstrates the baptismal register of the parish of Buchanan Parish. His father was Donald MacGregor and his mother Margaret Campbell. He married in January 1693 Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar, Leny Farm, Strathyre, in Glenarklet. Of their four sons were born: James, also known as Mor or Tall, Ranald, Coll, and Robert, also known as Robin Oig or Young Rob. Later, Duncan, nephew, adopted.

Rob Roy is anglicised from the Gaelic " Raibert Ruadh ", or "Red Robert " because of his red hair, but brown colored in later years.

He was a cattle thief of the Highlands and is known as the Scottish Robin Hood. Actually Rob Roy cattle trader was, but then became the cattle thief who extorted protection money from its neighbors in front of other cattle thieves ( Blackmail ). As the protective trade failed, Rob Roy was indicted for fraud and declared an outlaw. When his principal creditor, James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, his land confiscated, Rob Roy fought with the Duke, until he was forced to retire in 1722. Later he was imprisoned and pardoned in 1727. He died on December 28, 1734 at his home in Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder.

Reception

The legend of Robert Roy MacGregor inspired Sir Walter Scott to his 1817 published novel Rob Roy. Hector Berlioz wrote the overture Rob Roy. Multiple life Rob Roy was filmed: 1953 Rob Roy - The Royal Rebel (Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue ), directed by Harold French. The most famous film version was made ​​in 1995, with Liam Neeson in the lead role.

Glengyle House on the shores of Loch Katrine dated to the 18th century with a church portal from 1707, and the stone house where Rob Roy was born, was built in the 17th century. Since the 1930s, the Grade II listed building was owned by the water authorities. The house was sold at auction in November 2004, against the objections of the Scottish National Party.

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