(Excerpt from article appearing in The Claymore, newsletter of COSCA, June 2025 edition)

On 20th March this year, by virtue of a signed Warrant by Scotland’s Lord Lyon King of Arms, Sir John Roderick Hugh McEwen of Marchmont and Bardrochat, 5th Baronet, was recognised as Chief of the Name and Arms of MacEwen (the heraldic parlance for the Chief of a Clan or Family. The Ancient Chiefship of Clan MacEwen was therefore brought back to life, 575 years after it fell into abeyance, which is believed to be the longest period of time (so far) between a Chiefship collapsing or dying out and coming back to life in law.

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