HistoryCont

The Mackintoshes owed alligance to The Macdonald , Lord of the Isles and for this were appointed the constables of Inverness Castle. The 10th Chief brought out the clan in favor of the Crown in the Battle of Harlaw where the MacDonalds were defeated.Under the Scottish King James the third the then chief Duncan Mackintosh recieved charter to the lands of Lochaber and Moymore in 1476. Then in 1493 the land of Keppoch and Innerorgan were added to the Mackintosh holdings.Thus bringing about a fued with the Clan Gordon that raged for years.The 13th,14th,and 15th chiefs did not fair so well as they were all murdered between the yaers of 1497 and 1544 thus causing the lands to be forfited to the crown.However in 1555 , the 16th chief had this forfeiture reversed and fought against the Gordons with his clan at Corrichie.The clan also came out in support of William of Orange against Bonnie Dundee. In 1745 ,though the chief was a true government man , his wife Anne Farguharson ,also known as Colonel Anne, raised four hundred of the Clan Mackintosh and placed them under the leadership of the MacGillivray Chief to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie.This encounter became know as the "Rout of Moy" .She also rode at the head of her clan at the "Battle of Culloden".The 23rd Chief again
fought for the Hanovarian Government but this time across the Atlantic at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.This chief also died without an heir. The Chiefship thus passed
to a Jamaican Merchant who died without heir and thus the title and lands passed again onto a kinsman .

During the period between 1704 and 1833 no Mackintosh Chief left a son to follow him . This became know as the "Curse of Moy". Chiefship thus passed on to a kinsman ,Angus Mackintosh in Canada who owned a shipping company on the Great Lakes. It is from this Angus that the present Chiefs of the Clan Mackintosh of Mackintosh are decended.The 28th chief died in 1938 leaving the title Mackintosh of Mackintosh and the estate at Moy Hall to his cousin Lachlan Donald Mackintosh while the title 32nd Chief of the Clan Chattan having been granted to another kinsman passed onto Kenneth Mackintosh who resides in Gwelo,Zimbabwe.

There are many septs of the Clan Mackintosh including Adamsom.Cash,Clark,Crerar,Dallas,Easson,Eggo,Elder,Hardy,MacTavish,
MacThomas,Tawse and Tosh. For this reason there is not a continent today that a decendent of the name MackIntosh does not reside. Including many who made there way to the shores of America.Thogh not all Mackintoshes or McIntoshes are directly related the name is one of a proud heritage and has contributed greatly to the development of many countries.

To discover more about this Family and many other Scottish Clans I recommend that you read :

Scottish Clans and Tartans ; by Neil Grant
published by Cresent Books , New York

Clans and Tartans the fabric of Scotland ; by Lorna Blackie
published by Chartwell Books