Clan Cunningham Now Has a Chief

[eagle43172]

Since my mother was a Cunningham this is great news. Congratulations Sir John!

[ASinclair]

Congratulations to Clan Cunningham!

[Andrews Son]

I'm made up for clan Cunningham, great news.
It is done by a derbhfine, if i'm not mistaken.
Hopefully many more clans follow that root and restore more clans.

[David Thorpe]

That is unless you ask Clan Campbell who claim you folks as a sept;). Based on your clan crest there must be some credibility to the connection.

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. There is a connection to be sure - the Campbells and MacTavishes have been neighbors for well over a thousand years. However the "sept claim" is another matter. The Standing Council ordered that the MacTavish name be removed from the Campbell sept list. To my present knowledge His Grace has thus far declined to comply.

[Allum Aye]

Congratulations to the Clan Cunningham!

Don
Allum Aye
Manitoba, Canada

[cessna152towser]

For those who are interested in the history/genealogy which the recently retired Lord Lyon required to consider, the full judgement has now been published on the Lord Lyon's website:-
http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/f...%20web%202.pdf

[MacRobert's Reply]

Fascinating and congratulations ... but what about, "no picture and it didn't happen?"

[cessna152towser]

what about, "no picture and it didn't happen?"

I expect there will be some pictures once the new Chief has the opportunity to attend some Scottish gatherings during 2014.