STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' One company was raised by

One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch

A tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717-1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http://www

The tartan resembles the Campbell of Loudoun except for the red stripe

Gow is the Gaelic form of Smith meaning metal worker or armourer

who came to Barra in 1049

STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' One company was raised byThe Stuarts of Bute are descended from the natural son of King Robert II. The use of this tartan is normally considered to be confined to the family from whom it derives its title, though others more or less closely related have likewise claimed an interest. Whether or not the pattern was in use before the publication of the Vestiarium Scoticum (1840), has never been ascertained. This version is in maroon is referred to as the Hunting version. But,