Great to hear.. hopefully it will work out this time. They've been down this road on and off over the past 30 something years.

-in 1978, 5 claimants came forward

-The original five claimants were, in order of descent from the last Mackeamish:

1. Robert Kamp of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
2. Michael J. Gunn of Wick.
3. Dr. Alexander Nichols Gunn II, of Los Angeles, CA.
4. Jack Alexander Gunn of Australia.
5. Iain A. Gunn of Banniskirk, Commander of The Clan Gunn.

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-only Robert Kamp & Michael Gunn filed petitions to the court to further the matter

-Dr. Alexander Gunn was actually the closest male heir, but he decided to join the Clan Gunn Society UK and visit Scotland instead, he lost interest in the matter


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-?By judgment dated 22 February 2002, Lyon wrote that ?the succession would have passed to....William Sinclair Gunn born 4 January 1943.? William Sinclair Gunn, my second cousin, had resigned all his rights in the chiefship irredeemably to me on 11 January 1991. However, Lyon considered that the resignation was ineffective as he considered that William could not resign the chiefship until he had first been confirmed as Chief. It was necessary for William to Petition for the Plain undifferenced Arms of Gunn, and be represented by a separate lawyer.


by Lin Robinson