The Making of a Scottish Chief | elmgrovepublishing

"Not since Sir Iain Moncrieffe published his encyclopaedic history of the clans of the Scottish Highlands nearly 60 years ago has a writer perhaps come so close to exploring and defining the existential qualities of chiefly leadership.

Drawing on the anthropology of a single clan - its Gaelic origins and worldwide migration - Andrew Morrison gives a compelling account of why no history of Scotland can be credible without understanding the role of its ancient clans and families."

— Charles, Lord Bruce, Convenor of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs

Shakes and the

Morrisons of Ruchdi

Andrew Morrison, The Viscount Dunrossil

Is every Scottish name a clan—and who decides?

How does one become a clan chief?

What is the role of a clan chief today?

Author Andrew Morrison—the current Viscount Dunrossil—is well-qualified to answer these and other questions about the history of Scottish clans and chiefs throughout the world. He is the Vice Convenor (vice chairman) of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations in the USA.

Dunrossil reveals how his own clan, the Morrisons, found a chief again after a gap of some 350 years—as his grandfather was preparing to retire from his role as Speaker in the British Parliament.

Scotland may be a small country, yet fifty million people around the world claim Scottish descent—more than 30 million of them in North America. Clan Morrison includes among its membership such notables as John Wayne, Van Morrison, Jim Morrison and David Gilmour, among many others.

The Making of a Scottish Chief is a must-have for anyone with even a hint of Scotland in their ancestry—it is insightful, informative and laced with wonderful anecdotes reflecting a rich and fascinating history.

138 pages with color and b/w white photos throughout

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Hardback 36.95 + 5.00 = $41.95

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Andrew Morrison, the 3rd Viscount Dunrossil, was born in London in 1953 and lived in Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster with his parents as an infant. After spending most of his early years in Australia, Bangladesh and South Africa, he attended Eton and Oxford, where he studied the Classics. He has lived in San Antonio, Texas, since 1989.

Andrew is is currently Vice Chairman (vice convenor) of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, and a Director and Patron of Scottish Heritage USA. In addition, he is an Honorary Patron of the American-Scottish Foundation. He has been an honored guest and keynote speaker at numerous Scottish Games, Tartan Day ceremonies and festivals in the USA and Canada, as well as for the Scottish North American Community Council, and was the 2024 recipient of the National Tartan Day Award in the United States.

In 2024 he was appointed by the Scottish Government to its Scottish Connections Advisory Panel.

He is a Chieftain of Clan Morrison.

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