Folk Figure. He was considered to be the Scottish Robin Hood, an outlaw yet a hero. His Gaelic name was Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, the third son of Donald of Glengyle, a clan chieftain, and Margaret Campbell. "Rob," which means red, was added to his name later as he had dark red hair. He married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar in Glenarklet in 1693. When the penal laws against the MacGregors were reintroduced in 1693, he took the name of Campbell. Records name four sons: James, Ranald, Coll, and Robin Oig, or Young Rob. Although he was a clan war chief, he was never clan chief himself, but Laird of Inversnaid a position held at the sufferance of the Duke of Montrose, his patron. He followed the respectable career of cattle dealer. Between 1691 and 1712, he led a prosperous life, and Montrose granted him the rights to the properties of Inversnaid and Glengyle. After a 1712 economic depression, the cattle market dropping and a famine hitting the highlands, he lost his house, lands and the patronage of Montrose. He exchanged the life of cattle dealer for Montrose for that of a bandit for Duke of Argyll. He became the Argyll's enforcer and established a very early form of a protection racket: payment to Argyll kept a man's cattle on his own lands. During the Jacobite uprising of 1715, he acted as a Jacobite guide for the march from Perth to Dunblane, but after the uprising collapsed, he wrote that the rebellion had been forced upon him. He also said that he supplied Argyll, his patron who remained on the opposing side, with intelligence as to the strength and composition of the Jacobite army. He was not trusted by either side. He continued his career as a bandit and his exploits included the kidnap of Montrose's factor, John Graham of Killearn. During his life, he was captured more than once but managed to escape each time. In 1727 he received a full pardon for his activities. He retired to his home, a legend in his own time. He died at home in Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder, at the age of 63. Considering he left handwritten documents, he was an educated man. Before his death, he converted to Roman Catholic. He was buried In Balquhidder Kirkyard. The ornamental bronze rail round his grave gives his age incorrectly as 70. His epitaph 'MacGregor Despite Them' is a reference to the proscription of his clan name. Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott's novel "Rob Roy" was published in 1818. The 1995 movie "Rob Roy" brought his saga to life for another generation, yet the movie took many artistic liberties with the timeline of his life and the characters and plot.

Folk Figure. He was considered to be the Scottish Robin Hood, an outlaw yet a hero. His Gaelic name was Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, the third son of Donald of Glengyle, a clan chieftain, and Margaret Campbell. "Rob," which means red, was added to his name later as he had dark red hair. He married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar in Glenarklet in 1693. When the penal laws against the MacGregors were reintroduced in 1693, he took the name of Campbell. Records name four sons: James, Ranald, Coll, and Robin Oig, or Young Rob. Although he was a clan war chief, he was never clan chief himself, but Laird of Inversnaid a position held at the sufferance of the Duke of Montrose, his patron. He followed the respectable career of cattle dealer. Between 1691 and 1712, he led a prosperous life, and Montrose granted him the rights to the properties of Inversnaid and Glengyle. After a 1712 economic depression, the cattle market dropping and a famine hitting the highlands, he lost his house, lands and the patronage of Montrose. He exchanged the life of cattle dealer for Montrose for that of a bandit for Duke of Argyll. He became the Argyll's enforcer and established a very early form of a protection racket: payment to Argyll kept a man's cattle on his own lands. During the Jacobite uprising of 1715, he acted as a Jacobite guide for the march from Perth to Dunblane, but after the uprising collapsed, he wrote that the rebellion had been forced upon him. He also said that he supplied Argyll, his patron who remained on the opposing side, with intelligence as to the strength and composition of the Jacobite army. He was not trusted by either side. He continued his career as a bandit and his exploits included the kidnap of Montrose's factor, John Graham of Killearn. During his life, he was captured more than once but managed to escape each time. In 1727 he received a full pardon for his activities. He retired to his home, a legend in his own time. He died at home in Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder, at the age of 63. Considering he left handwritten documents, he was an educated man. Before his death, he converted to Roman Catholic. He was buried In Balquhidder Kirkyard. The ornamental bronze rail round his grave gives his age incorrectly as 70. His epitaph 'MacGregor Despite Them' is a reference to the proscription of his clan name. Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott's novel "Rob Roy" was published in 1818. The 1995 movie "Rob Roy" brought his saga to life for another generation, yet the movie took many artistic liberties with the timeline of his life and the characters and plot.

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