Alasdair MacGregor of Glenstrae — leader of the Glenfruin massacre — was captured through treachery after taking refuge in England at the invitation of the Laird of Auchinbreck. He was brought back to Scotland in violation of a safe conduct and hanged at Edinburgh's Mercat Cross with eleven of his leading men. MacGregor reportedly went to the gallows in his shirt, having been denied the dignity of proper dress. His execution ended the clan leadership but drove remaining MacGregors into permanent fugitive status. The clan would not be formally rehabilitated until 1775.
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