Quote Originally Posted by Morris at Heathfield View Post
To the OP:
Lastly, if any "real" Campbells get a bit testy over your appropriation of their tartan, perhaps you could remind them that they wear their tartan at the pleasure of Her Majesty's government.
From the Clan Campbell Website (Campbell Society of North America): "There is only one authority on the correct tartan or tartans of a clan: the chief of that clan. Not even the Scottish Tartans Society or the Lord Lyon King of Arms claim such authority -- they are purely archivists of tartan history, which is, at best, a confused and confusing field."

As of last fall, the website of the Lyon Court stated unequivocally that in matters of clan membership and which tartans are appropriate, the clan chief is the sole authority, that the Lord Lyon notes them purely as a courtesy to the chiefs as a convenience to the members. While the structure and the content of the Lyon Court website has been changed, there is no statement of any change in that policy or position as of my most recent gander, within the last few weeks.