THE LAST OF THE CLAN Author:Keith Branigan A biography of the last ancient clan chief of Clan Macneil, Roderick Macneil.The first-ever study of this famous clan chief.Author is an acknowledged authority on the history of the isle of Barra.This book as about the transformation of a highland chieftain into an officer and a gentleman. It's the story of General Roderick Macneil, the last her... more »editary chief of his Clan. Brought up on the remote island of Barra, as a young man he survived the horrendous Napoleonic campaigns (Corunna, Walcheren, Waterloo). When he became chief in 1822 he introduced the industrial revolution to the Western Isles and went bankrupt in spectacular fashion. He reinvented himself and led a charmed life in the Indian Army, before returning to live out his retirement in a fine house overlooking Hyde Park.« less