If the cat is 'ungloved', its claws are unsheathed. The chief could have been the lay prior of Ardchattan and he seems to have been named in honour of Saint Cathan. In 843 the chief of Clan Chattan was Gille Chattan Mor and one of his sons, the first chief of Clan Macpherson was forced to resettle in Lochaber by Kenneth MacAlpin, first king of Scots. The Clan Macpherson is part of the Chattan Confederation (Clan Chattan). The Celtic church allowed priests to marry and the progenitor of the chiefs of Clan Macpherson is believed to have been a man named Muireach or Murdo Cattenach who was the priest of Kingussie in Badenoch. The Scottish Gaelic surname for Macpherson is Mac a' Phearsain which means son of the parson. wearing two different Macpherson tartans. Clan Chief Sir William Macpherson (right), and clan relative Cmdr.
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