Following the Glenfruin massacre, James VI issued a royal proclamation from Edinburgh in April 1603 abolishing the name MacGregor by law. It was made illegal to bear the surname MacGregor, the clan's lands were forfeit, and any man named MacGregor could be killed without legal consequence. The proscription — unique in Scottish legal history — transformed all MacGregors into outlaws by definition, regardless of personal conduct. Campbell, Graham, and Drummond neighbours were authorised to hunt them. The proclamation was one of the last acts of James VI as King of Scots before he departed for London as James I of England.
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