MacGregor

A tartan of the [MacGregor](/families/macgregor/) family. Its design is pattern [RKGWGW](/stripes/rkgwgw/) — the page of every tartan sharing this colour sequence.

The bold red-and-black check recorded as "Rob Roy" is a MacGregor tartan — named for the outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor (1671–1734). A specimen bearing the Seal of Arms of Sir John MacGregor Murray of MacGregor was collected by the Highland Society of London in 1815–16. It is curated under MacGregor, with "Rob Roy" kept as an alias.

The MacGregor tartan is recorded as a single sett.

SettΔTartanThread countThreadsDate
MacGregorW/104 G44 W12 G16 K2 R/62581975
MacGregor sett

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