Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Ian,

Please do not get upset. I am quite aware that William Cumming was the hereditary piper to the Grant Chief. Did you notice my at the end of the post?

This article by Hugh Cheape discusses the painting in more detail:

http://tahoebagpiper.com/piper.pdf

I'd love to see what sources you have, as I would like to write an article about William Cumming for the Clan Cumming Society's newsletter.

Regards,

Todd
Todd , I am well aware of the article by Hugh Cheape .
You will note that William Cumming was one of a family of pipers , spanning at least 7 generations over more that 150 years .
They were Grants by by clan and , at least from the time of Williams children , by ancestry also . Were they also Cummings by clan ? Well , if they were , they would have had to have sworn allegiance to two Clans , and two chiefs .
Not an easy thing to do at any time .

Scary as it may seem , there are out there in the world , Cummings who are Grants , not Cummings clan members .


Of note in this paper of Hugh Cheape's , is reference to The Grant of that time , speaking in terms of a clan sett and its colours .
The paintings also make that abundantly clear.
Something that seems to pass unnoticed before the eyes many so called tartan experts , and many those who do have of pointed out to then have a habit of explaining it away to nothing .

Todd ,
this paper by Cheape should have enough for a wee article in you news letter , tho it may not be the clan connection you had hoped for .
Further information may be available from our scholars and historians , or not , considering the works , as yet unpublished , underway .

Stand Fast

yours aye ,
Ian Patrick Grant