A military Hunting Stewart kilt joins my collection

[OC Richard]

I never realized that so many tartans were used in Scottish regiments. Of course I knew about Black Watch, Gordon, and Seaforth but I was surprised to see McDonald of keppoch and some others on the list. You learn something new every day.

The history of military tartans is really interesting. 19 Highland regiments were raised and disbanded in Scotland between 1745 and 1800, most wearing the Government Tartan.

The late 18th century showed a process of adding light lines over the Government Tartan which produced Gordon and MacKenzie.

A wide variety of tartans are seen in various Dominions Scottish regiments. I think it's safe to say that many more different tartans were used by Canadian Scottish regiments than there were in Scottish Scottish regiments. (I say "were" rather than "are" due to recent budget cuts in both countries resulting in many units being disbanded, reduced, or amalgamated.)