MacDonald of Clanranald (1914)

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First - Thanks for the information!
Your comments above of its relatively young heritage of this tartan make it all the more curious that it is worn by Clanranald. I wonder if his father also wore it and so on. Then again, perhaps they would have worn Boisdale...

That I doubt. The Boisdale is a Wilsons' sett and is amongst those included in the Cockburn Collection but I think it was possibly one of their 'fancies' and I have never found a reference to the family wearing it.

Do I recall correctly you mentioning in another thread that Clanranald tries to reserve this tartan for his own personal use? When I asked him about the tartan he was wearing he deflected the question and said, "Sleat, I think".

Do you know when he made this request or proclamation?

You do. It was something I heard from my father in the the 1970s. He knew Clanranald and as far as I know got it directly from him but he may have softened his view over the years.