Robert Roy MacGregor

1671-1734

Robert Roy MacGregor is a figure in Scottish folklore, comparable to a Scottish Robin Hood.

The birth of Robert Roy MacGregor is not recorded on any public file avalible today, but it is known that he was baptised on the 7th of March, 1671. According to the Register of Baptisms at Buchanan Parish, Robert Roy MacGregor was born in Glengyle, Scotland.

At the age of eighteen Robert Roy MacGregor joined his father in the Jacobite Uprising, under the leadership of Viscount Dundee. This ultimately ended with his father being imprisoned and Robert Roy MacGregor sustaining heavy injuries at the Battle of Glen Shiel.
Eventually Robert Roy MacGregor became a cattleman, stealing cattle and selling protection from theft. Compared to modern times, being a cattleman in Scotland was an honoured profession, and with the habit of Robert Roy MacGregor of helping those in a bad position in life, he became a well respected man.

Eventually, Robert Roy MacGregor wanted to expand his business and took out a loan, but his money and cattle were stolen by his cattle herder, leaving him with nothing and still owing for his loan. This led to a bitter rivalry which led to the imprisonment of Robert Roy MacGregor in 1722. He was released in 1727 and died in 1734.