Christmas Day Dunvegan Castle Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland Christmas Day travel video of Dunvegan Castle on visit to the West Coast of the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Built on a rock in an idyllic loch side setting, Dunvegan is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland. It is the seat of the MacLeod of MacLeod, chief of the Clan MacLeod. Probably a fortified site from the earliest times, the castle was first built in the 13th century and developed piecemeal over the centuries. In the 19th century the whole castle was remodelled in a mock medieval style. Dunvegan Castle has been the home of the chiefs of the Clan MacLeod since 1270. Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, KCB, born 1st of February 1847, died 20th of August 1935, was the 27th chief of the Scottish clan Clan MacLeod. He was the son of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod, born 1812, died 1898, 25th chief of Clan MacLeod and his wife Louisa Barbara St. John, born 1818, died 1880, only daughter of the 14th Baron St John of Bletso. He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. On 17th of April 1877, MacLeod of MacLeod married Lady Agnes Mary Cecilia Northcote the daughter of Sir Stafford Northcote, later 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, and Cecilia Frances Farrer. They had two daughters. Sir Reginald became 27th chief of Clan MacLeod in 1929 on the death of his elder brother Norman Magnus and died six years later in 1935. His daughter Olive was noted for her journey of 3,700 miles into the heart of Africa to visit her fiancé's grave. The MacLeod waterfalls on the Moa Kabi river are named after her. The famous Fairy Flag of the MacLeod's was mounted by Sir Reginald. An expert from the Victoria and Albert Museum discussed with Sir Reginald the possible origins of the flag, avoiding reference to the supernatural. The chief listened and said, " You may believe that, but I know that it was given to my ancestor by the fairies. " Sir Reginald was the owner of the island of St Kilda when the last inhabitants left the island in 1930. He sold the island to Lord Dumfries, later Marquess of Bute in 1931.

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