Clan Finley......Outlawed?!?!

**Kilted Cole** · 27th December 13, 09:12 AM

Thats the feeling I was getting, I didn't find any credible sources myself. But, I figured that I should ask the rabble considering there is a high chance that some of you have done more of this type of research than myself. Thank you all.

NOW, On to the other question that has been gnawing on me.....Can a Clan be outlawed in the way an individual person can be outlawed?
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**Chas** · 27th December 13, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Kilted Cole

Can a Clan be outlawed in the way an individual person can be outlawed?

In the UK a person cannot be outlawed. The last time that happened was 1798.

**Kilted Cole** · 27th December 13, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

In the UK a person cannot be outlawed. The last time that happened was 1798.

Sorry, I should have specified.......add the stipulation for pre 1750

**thescot** · 28th December 13, 07:27 PM

Certainly clans or names could be outlawed prior to 1750, to answer your question. Rob Roy MacGregor couldn't use the name MacGregor and had to use his mother's name, Campbell, for God's sake! At least that's the history I read. Regicide--think MacBeth and James I--would certainly have been a reason for a clan being proscripted, and there were many instances of clan chiefs being stripped of their titles, stipped of lands, and even expatriated (the Robertson bearing some of that indignity BTW) due to treason and such in the various uprisings.

It is my limited understanding that most of the proscriptions were lifted after a sufficient time had passed.

That's my best non-scholarly answer to your original question. I do have a degree in history, but ancient Scottish history is mostly self-taught and hit or miss, not a field of expertise by any means. Some of my sources may have been suspect and not peer reviewed. But I do tend to give credence to information that is consistent with other sources.