MACRAE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'J' was in use before 1745

was in use before 1745 but when tartan was proscribed the sett seemed to have been lost until a piece was discovered in Kintyre and placed in the Museum of Antiquities (now incorporated into the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers St

"belongs rather to mythology than to history

One documented claim states that this was designed by David Thomas - one time director of the Strathmore Woollen Co

From the original portrait hung in Armadale Castle

Air Force Pipe Band and renamed in honour of General Billy Mitchell

MACRAE (ANCIENT) - Tartans beginning with 'J' was in use before 1745Pattern from the manuscript of William and Andrew Smith's 'Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland'. The Smith's sources included the findings of George Hunter, who toured the Highlands in search of old tartans prior to 1822. Smiths' entry reads "Our specimen . . . besides being approved by the manufacturers and dealers, has had the concurrence of a gentleman of the name, who has bestowed a good deal of attention on Clan matters."