A WOMAN CHIEFTAIN?
MACLEANS OF ARDGOUR
Members of- a Scottish- clan-are-split over the question:. Shall a woman be our chieftain? (spates the "Sunday Express").' Five years ago Colonel Alexander Hew -Mac Lean, chieftain-of- the -MacLeans of Ardgour, Argyllshire, ,died, leaving no male heir; He was said toxhave been the best-loved chieftain in the Highlands. He willed his estate of Ardgour to his eldest daughter, Catriona. - Catriona was sixteen last month. Her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Mac Lean, assumed that Catriona, as her father's eldest daughter/would be chieftain of the Mac Leans of Ardgour. The Clan Association disagreed. They claimed that a female could be chieftain of the clan only when there was no suitable male heir in the direct line of succession. Accordingly some months ago the Clan Association welcomed Commander H. H. Mac Lean. of Bursledon, Hampshire, as chieftain of the MacLeans of Ardgour.' The Hon. Mrs. Mac Lean strongly 'opposed this> move. Other influential members of the clan support the right of .Miss Catriona Mac Lean. Miss Catriona said, when interviewed: —"I. want to be chieftain of the Mac Leans of Ardgour, as my father was. Commander H. "H. Mac Lean is an Englishman and ;he has no property whatever in Scotland. I, on the other hand, am the direct successor to my father's title, and I am heir to the estates of Ardgour. • . "I see no reason why I should be passed over in favour of a man 'who is my father's second cousin. There have been plenty of examples' of girls being accepted as chieftains-of Scottish clans, and my mother and I are determined to fight arty attempt to pass me over. We know that a great many of the members of the associa-' tion are sympathetic to my ilaim."
The "Women's Auxiliary of the National Party held its monthly meeting on Monday evening at the National Club. There was a. large attendance. The'speakers were Mr.. C. A. L. Tread-well,-Mr. W. J. Mason, and Mr. H. F. Toogood. Mr. Mazetigarb will address the meeting next month. -•
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 87, 9 October 1935, Page 17
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340A WOMAN CHIEFTAIN? Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 87, 9 October 1935, Page 17
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