Torquil MacNeill
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torquil-macneill-298-14600174
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Torquil MacNeill
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Torquil MacNeill was a mid sixteenth century clan chief. In the sixteenth century, there was a clan of MacNeills centred on the Inner Hebridean island of Gigha. In about 1530, the chief of the clan, Niall MacNeill of Gigha, died without a male heir. While Niall's lands passed to his daughter, the chiefship of the clan passed over to her second cousin, Torquil MacNeill. In 1531, Torquil is recorded as the "chief and principale of the clan and surname of Maknelis". In 1542, a Crown grant of the cl
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2022-04-08T17:04:22Z
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