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AIM AT HIGH THINGS
Clan Crest © Art Pewter Silver Ltd,
East Kilbride, Scotland |
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| This name means 'arrow maker' and is therefore found all over Scotland. The Fletchers followed the clans for whom they made arrows. In Argyle they are associated with the Campbells and Stewarts, in Perthshire with the MacGregors.
The Fletchers possessed Achallader in Glen Tulla for several generations and in the 16th century entered into a bond with Campbell of Glenorchy. Branches of the family held baronies at Inverpeffer and Saltoun, in East Lothian.
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun was a Member of Parliament who bitterly opposed the Duke of Lauderdale and Duke of York, and later both James VII and II, in their plans to devolve power from Scotland to England. He was exiled, but returned at the time of William and Mary, defiantly leading the anti-unionist movement.
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