Iain Dubh / John Dubh / Ian Dubh Mackinnon
source /clan_history_+_Jacobite_records
twenty-ninth chief, born 1682, died 1756, active as chief from 1700. He was Lachlan Mòr’s grandson through John Og.
twenty-ninth chief, born 1682, died 1756, active as chief from 1700. He was Lachlan Mòr’s grandson through John Og.
Identity: twenty-ninth chief, born 1682, died 1756, active as chief from 1700. He was Lachlan Mòr’s grandson through John Og.
Rising of 1715: he was summoned by Hanoverian authority to give bail for allegiance to George I, but instead rose for the Stuart cause. Clan history places about 150 MacKinnons with the Jacobites, fighting alongside the MacDonalds of Sleat at Sheriffmuir. He was forfeited, then pardoned on January fourth, 1727.
Rising of 1745: he rose again for Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Clan accounts give his force as starting around 100 men, then increasing to 250 or 300, unusually large for a small clan. The MacKinnons are described as one of the few Highland contingents whose numbers increased on the march from Carlisle to Derby.
Culloden aftermath: after the Jacobite defeat, the MacKinnons helped move Prince Charles through Skye. The prince was taken into MacKinnon country near Elgol and Kilmorie, then old MacKinnon was brought into the plan and guided him toward Loch Nevis.
Capture and legacy: Iain Dubh was captured after helping the prince, imprisoned, and later spared, partly because of his age. He becomes the clearest symbol of the direct Gaelic line: Jacobite, Gaelic, militarised, and punished.