STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' whereas with the Black Watch

whereas with the Black Watch it is kilted to show the blue

who came to Barra in 1049

Harrison of Johnstons of Elgin

One company was raised by Col William Grant of Ballindalloch

STUART OF BUTE [HUNTING] (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'R' whereas with the Black WatchThe Stuarts of Bute are descended from the natural son of King Robert II. The use of this tartan is normally considered to be confined to the family from whom it derives its title, though others more or less closely related have likewise claimed an interest. Whether or not the pattern was in use before the publication of the Vestiarium Scoticum (1840), has never been ascertained. This version is in maroon is referred to as the Hunting version. But,