Clan Chief

One of the traditional accounts of the founding of the clan, has Gillicattan More Mac Gillespick coming to the Lochaber region of Scotland on the eastern side of Loch Ness, where he founded the Clanchattan. It is said that three of Gillichattan Mor's sons founded branches of the Old Clanchattan. Murriach, a younger son of Gillichattan Mor, founded Clann Mhuirich. His grandson Duncan was called the Parson. The reason for this was he had the collection of parsonage tithes and vicarage of the Parish of Laggan, It is from him that the name Macpherson came to be the surname of the clans core family in the 15th century.

Today, Cluny as the Chief of name and Clan
is the 27th Hereditary Chief of Clan Macpherson.

The home of the Chief of the clan is Newton Castle.