MACKINLAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre introduced the bill to parliament

introduced the bill to parliament restoring estates forfeited to the Crown after the uprising

wishing to re-establish his tartan - his old pre-1939 kilt had been destroyed in a London air-raid - made an error by centring ONE green line instead of TWO on the red band

enjoyed a popular following among the Scottish gentry in the early Victorian era

The delicate over-check evokes the sun as it sets over the Atlantic

The pattern shows a marked similarity to the Gunn tartan in all but colour

MACKINLAY (MODERN) Choose:By the metre introduced the bill to parliamentThe MacKinlay tartan could be described in tartan parlance as Black Watch with red. It is similar to the early military setts produced by Wilson's of Bannockburn for the MacKenzies, the MacLeods and the Gordons, but there is no mention in Wilson's comprehensive pattern books of a MacKinlay tartan. There are, however, grounds for comparison with the Farquharson, as MacKinlays are named in that clan. To further confuse the issue the sett is identical to