The origins of Clan MacCulloch are unknown, but there is a consensus that the family was one of the most ancient families of Galloway, Scotland, and a leading medieval family in that region.
23 Facts About Clan McCulloch
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The name Clan McCulloch is of Celtic origin and is found mainly in Galloway and Wigtownshire.
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The first record of the name Clan McCulloch was a 1285 transaction with respect to a delivery of 320 cattle by Thomas Clan McCulloch as payment to the estate of Sir John de Balliol according to the testament of Sir Alan Fitz Comte.
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The second record of the name Clan McCulloch was an oath of fealty to Edward I of England in 1296 by Thomas, Michael and William Clan McCulloch, on the Ragman Rolls.
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The seal of Thomas Clan McCulloch was in the name of "S' Thome Maccvli" and bore an image of a squirrel.
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The Clan McCulloch lineage held the lands of Torhouse, Myreton and Ardwell in Galloway until 1682.
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Sir Patrick Clan McCulloch even entered exile in England with Edward Balliol.
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John Clan McCulloch was chancellor to the Countess of Douglas in the 1420s.
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Under his authority, the Clan McCulloch family and their following supplied the bodyguard for the newly-born Prince James in 1512, and were exempted from local legal and military duties in Wigtownshire while they resided at Linlithgow.
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Sir Alexander's daughter Margaret was married to a kinsman, another Alexander Clan McCulloch, who was a favoured member of the king's guard, and is recorded as archery partner to James IV, and as a regular participant in the royal jousts.
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John Clan McCulloch had worked previously as physician to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, who shared his enthusiasm for alchemy and astrology.
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However this title ended when Sir Godfrey Clan McCulloch was executed in Edinburgh in 1697 for the murder of William Gordon seven years earlier.
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The chief's son Captain John Clan McCulloch left a flourishing career in the Grenadier Guards in 1691: probably returning from the continent to support a family cast into penury after flight from justice of the laird.
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The next chief, Sir Gilbert Clan McCulloch was killed on military service in Flanders in 1704.
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Clan McCulloch was an important person under Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.
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Clan McCulloch witnessed charters by the same Earl at Inverness in 1437,1439,1440.
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Clan McCulloch had married Agnes, daughter of Sir David Ross of Balnagowan and was succeeded by his son, Thomas.
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Clan McCulloch was excepted from paying feudal taxes because of the death of his father in the national cause.
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Clan McCulloch allegedly claimed cousinage with the lairds of Myreton in Galloway and matriculated arms that advertised the affinity.
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Clan McCulloch died in 1567 and left a widow, Elizabeth Ross.
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Clan McCulloch died in 1623 and his son sold the lands to Roderick Mackenzie of Coigach who had them erected into a barony by James VI of Scotland.
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Clan McCulloch subsequently sold this property a few years later.
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However, this origin story is dubious considering the Clan McCulloch name was already in use prior to 1285.