MACPHIE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'K' John MacInnes was also a

John MacInnes was also a tailor and weaver and ran a general merchant store from the same premises as his Registry Office

At Delgattie Castle

From the 1750 portrait of the MacDonald Boys by Jeramiah in Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye

one in 1734 in possession of George Buchanan

Another swatch of this 'Grant' tartan was added to the collection of the Highland Society of London in 1822

MACPHIE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'K' John MacInnes was also aMacPhies, MacFie, or MacDuffie held lands on the Isle of Colonsay until the mid seventeenth century but were later scattered by the clearances. They were the hereditary Keeper of the Records to the Lords of the Isles. The present Commander, Sandy MacPhie, lives in Queensland, Australia. The resemblance of this tartan to that of the Camerons may denote the MacFies' allegiance to that clan on the mainland after they were dispersed from Colonsay.