MACDONALD OF SLEAT (ANCIENT) DISTRICT The MacBains are closely associated

The MacBains are closely associated with Mackintosh and this is apparent in the design of the tartan

This tartan dates to a c1930 pattern

has had the concurrence of a gentleman of the name

married the Queen after being implicated in the murder of her husband

An old kilt worn by Commander Alex Hannay (1788 - 1844) was discovered by his descendant

MACDONALD OF SLEAT (ANCIENT) DISTRICT The MacBains are closely associatedAlso Middleton Middleton of Kinfauns. Scottish Tartan Society notes: The MacDonald of Sleat tartan was manufactured in the 18th century and called MacDonald of Sleat, Lord of the Isles. The pattern was devised from an old MacDonald tartan that is shown in a painting at Armadale Castle, but it appears that the reconstruction differs somewhat from the original. Whether this was intended or simply a mistake is entirely open to conjecture but it would not