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MacGregor was born at Glengyle , at the head of Loch Katrine on 7 March 1671, as proved by an extract from the Register of Baptisms of Buchanan Parish. His father was Donald MacGregor, his mother Margaret Campbell. He married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar, born at Leny Farm, Strathyre . They were married in Glenarklet in January 1693. Later they had four sons: James, known as Mor, or Tall; Ranald; Coll; Robert, known as Robin Oig, or Young Rob. A cousin Duncan was later adopted.
Rob Roy is anglicised from the Gaelic Raibert Ruadh, or Red Robert because he had red hair, which darkened to auburn in later life.
He was a Highland freebooter known as the Scottish Robin Hood. Nominally a cattle dealer, he became a cattle thief who sold his neighbors protection against other rustlers. When the protection business failed, Rob Roy was accused of fraud and declared an outlaw. After his principal creditor, James Graham, First Duke of Montrose, seized his lands, Rob Roy warred with the duke until 1722, when Rob Roy was forced to surrender. Later imprisoned, he was finally pardoned in 1727. He died in his house at Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder, on 28 December 1734Events January 8 Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. June 17 French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed June 21 In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French.
The legend of Robert Roy MacGregor was the inspiration for the novel Rob RoyRob Roy is a novel by Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from him. Rob Roy MacGregor, who the book is named after, appears in the book several times but is not by Sir Walter Scott. Adaptations of his story have also been told in film, most notably Rob RoyRob Roy is a movie that was released on April 7, 1995. It stars Liam Neeson in the title role, along with Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz and Brian Cox. The director was Michael Caton-Jones. The film was based on the real life character of, starring Liam NeesonWilliam John Neeson (born June 7, 1952) is an actor, born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His credits include: Kinsey Alfred Kinsey (2004) Love Actually Daniel (2003) K-19: The Widowmaker Mikhail Polenin (2002) Gangs of New York 'Priest' Va in the title role.
Glengyle House on the shore of Loch Katrine dates back to the early 18th century with a porch dated to 1707Events March 26 Act of Union with Scotland becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. April 25 Allied army is defeated by borbonic army at Almansa ( Spain) in the War of the Spanish Su, and is built on the site of the 17th century16th century 17th century 18th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601- 1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of stone cottage in which Rob Roy is said to have been born. Since the 1930s the Category B-listed building had been in the hands of successive water authorities, but was identified as surplus to requirements and put up for auction in November 2004 despite objections from the SNP.