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    • The new 3rd Clan Gunn 'Chief' line
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    • Gunn (MacHamish) Mckaimish line was never Gunn 'Chief' >
      • On the correct spelling of Gunn Mckaimish / Mckeamuish (not Gunn MacHamish)
      • Alexander Gunn of Killearnan - new Gunn Mckaimish document 1652
      • The big Gunn legal battle of the 1670s
      • Badenloch Estate 1738; Alexander Gunn of Badenloch and later Wester Helmsdale 'Chief' of the Clan Gunn (in Sutherland)
      • Alexander Gunn of Badenloch later Wester Helmsdale NOT chief of the Clan Gunn
      • Gunn MacHamish / Mckaimish line not being Chief; more
      • How the Mckaimish line was manipulated into being viewed as Chief
      • Chief of the Clan Gunn by the Rev. Dr. Miller, C.I.E. Principal of Madras Theological College.
    • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish; potential lines >
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 1; Esther
      • Esther Gunn, Part Two
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 2; Kinbrace
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mackaimish lines 3; Hector Gunn
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 4; Gunn of Corrish
      • Osclay Clan Gunn 'Chief' link
    • Aeneas Gunn Edinburgh Family trees 1868 / 1870 >
      • Aeneas Gunn family trees 1868 / 1870 - introduction
      • Aeneas James Gunn (Australia) discussion of the Edinburgh trees
      • Clan Gunn 'Chiefs'
      • Robert Gunn son of the Gunn coroner
      • Gunns of Watten / Hastigrow; more from Robert Gunn
      • John Gunn of Navidale c.1615-c.1660
      • George Gunn of Corrish
      • William 'beag / bheg' Gunn
      • Donald ‘the Scholar’ Gunn / Adam 'Mulbuie' Gunn line, being the second son of William ‘bheg’ / ‘beag’ Gunn
      • William in Achanaichan / Achaneccan line being the 2nd son of Donald the Scholar
    • Lord Lyon on the early history of Clan Gunn 'chiefs'
    • Lord Lyon 2011 interlocutor in the petition of Michael James Gunn
    • Clan Gunn Family Convention / Derbhfine petition 2012 - and its rejection
  • Gunn Scottish history
    • Gunn origin; a draft Chapter One
    • Clan Gunn has no Orkney origin
    • On Saint Donan / Saint Donnan and on Kildonan having nothing to do with him
    • What is a clan? / Are Gunns a clan?
    • Real origin of the Clan Gunn
    • Orkney issues (including the non-existent 'Clan Gunn Chief' Ottar and Snaekollr who stayed in Norway) >
      • Pytheas of Massilia, Ptolemy, Clan Gunn and the Orkney Islands origin myth
      • Why Gunns are not of Norse / Orkney descent
      • Saint Magnus and Saint Rognvald / Ronald
    • Who was before 'crowner / coroner' Gunn? And is it crowner or coroner?
    • The two soldiers on one horse story; a coroner Gunn myth (or a Gunn - Keith battle myth if you prefer)
    • The Macdonalds of Sleat and a Gunn coroner link
    • A Gun / Gunn Braemore story, perhaps from the late 1400s
    • Helen Gunn of Braemore; myth
    • Inverness early 1700s
    • Jacobite rebellions. Culloden.
    • Concerning Helmsdale c. late 1840s
    • On early Gunn character
    • Highland Clearances, Gunns and Kildonan
    • Ulbster Estate evictions
    • On Scottish clan re-invention in the 18th and 19th centuries
    • The last woman to be hanged in Edinburgh
  • Gunn other history
    • On a Gunn helping 'discover' North America - 'Sir James Gunn of Clyth Crowner of Caithness' and the 'Westford knight' myth
    • Isobel Gunn 1780? - 7 November 1861; pioneer feminist. Orkneys, Canada
    • Hon. Donald Gunn, Canada 1797-1878
    • Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1801-1881), botanist in Tasmania Australia
    • Ned Kelly (Australian bushranger) and the Gunns
    • S. M. Bruce, Australian Prime Minister, was a Braehour Gunn
    • John Gunn (1884-1959); Labor Party Premier of South Australia
    • Gunns Tasmania, Australia (company)
    • David John Gunn 1887-1955 New Zealand
    • Dr. Elizabeth Catherine Gunn 1879-1963, New Zealand
  • Gunn genealogy
    • Scotlands People 'The official Scottish genealogy resource'
    • Concerning Septs
    • John - son (3rd?) of Gunn coroner
    • Cattaig / Cataich Gunn Family tree (from John, perhaps 3rd son of Gun coroner)
    • Henry, (youngest?) son of the Gunn coroner
    • Some Scottish Old Parish Records >
      • Gun (Gunn) Braehour / Halkirk Baptism OPR 1777
      • Some further Gunn Old Parish Records (Baptism )
      • And yet more Gunn OPR
      • Gunn OPR 4
      • Gunn OPR 5
      • Gunn OPR 6
      • Gunn OPR 7
      • Gunn OPR 8
    • Directory to Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. etc In Scotland
    • Balnakeil Old Cemetery, Durness; John Gunn, Land Steward of Durness
    • Scottish burial grounds
    • John Gun, Master of the Charity School, Kildonan 1743
    • Gunn statistics; the 1881 British Census
    • Henderson Gunn DNA link
    • Papers On Sutherland Estate Management 1802-1816
    • McElgunns / Gunns of Killyfoyle Northern Ireland
    • Frank Gunn Quebec City chandler / coal merchant; Fermanagh Eniskillen
    • Gunns ; Victorian War (Australia) Heritage Inventory
    • William Gunn KIA 24 November 1915 at Gallipoli - ANZAC
  • Culture and sport
    • William Gunn 1795-1867, bagpipe maker, composer, publisher Glasgow. Composer of 'The Gunns' Salute''?
    • Literature >
      • 'Fairy-Tale'; a poem by G. K. Chesterton
      • 'The Curse of the Gunns', a poem by Thomas Gunn (1873-1950)
      • Emily Dickinson and her Gunn connection
      • On Gunn writers
      • Neil M. Gunn 1891-1973
      • Kirsty Gunn - the great New Zealand author - on growing up with the bagpipes
      • Margaret Laurence, Canadian author of 'The Diviners'
      • Alastair Gunn 'The Advent Killer'
      • 'The Boys of Gunn Island' by Alfred Judd
      • Victor Gunn; crime writer
    • Jenny Gunn - Cricket
    • Gunn tartan / Scottish Commonwealth Games tartan - 2006
  • Other
    • Key Texts >
      • Key Issues for a Clan Gunn history by Alastair Gunn
      • Thomas Sinclair 'The Gunns' and Mark Rugg Gunn 'Clan Gunn'
      • Thomas Sinclair; Supplements to his history of the Clan Gunn >
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 1; 2. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 2; 9. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 3; 16. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 4; 23. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 5; 30. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 6; 6.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 7; 13.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 8; 20.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 9; 27.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 10; 3.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 11; 10.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 12; 17.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 13; 24.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 14; 3.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 15; 12.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 16
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 17; 31.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 18; 14.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 19; 21.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 20; 28.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 21; 5.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 22; 12.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 23; 19.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 24; 24.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 25; 2.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 26;9.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 27; 16.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 28; 23.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 29; 30.6.1903
      • The Gunns by Robert R Gunn (USA) 1925
      • Scotland and Beyond; the Families of Donald Gunn (Tormsdale) and John Gunn (Dalnaha, Strathmore and Braehour)
      • 'Ministers and Men in the Far North' by the Rev. Alexander Auld
      • Further texts of relevance to Gunn history
      • Sage's Gunn history >
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 1
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 2
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 3
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 4
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 5
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 6
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 7
        • On the Sage Gunn manuscript
      • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' >
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 11.1.1911 and 8.2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 1.2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 15. 2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 22. 2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 1.3.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 8.3.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 15.3.1911
      • A History of Dirlot Cemetery by Dr. William Gunn >
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 1)
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 2)
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 3; the last)
      • Caithness (Gunn) Family History by John Henderson W.S.; including Braemore Gunns
    • From a ‘CGS North America’ member; concerning the Gunn future
    • Concerning Clan Societies and the Lord Lyon
    • Clan Gunn Society UK Membership List analysis; 1962-1995
    • Clan Gunn Society International Gathering 2012
    • Useful links / Contact form

The Clan Gunn - Clan Keith battle

The two soldiers on one horse story; a Crowner Gunn myth (or a Gunn - Keith battle myth if you prefer)
Part One

The are a lot of bits about coroner Gunn's story which don't stand up to close examination; for an example note the following account. It concerns Earl Sigurd of Orkney (960 - 1014) in much earlier times than the Crowner...

Soon after Sigurd had undertaken the government of the country he, in conjunction with Thorfinson the King of Dublin, fitted out a large fleet with which they crossed over and subdued Caithness, along Sutherland, East Ross and a part of Morayshire. When the Scotch and Orcadian forces came in sight of each other a short truce was agreed upon and interview between the leaders arranged. The Earl Melbrigd and Jarl Sigurd were to retire to a convenient situation for the purpose of settling matters. It was stipulated that each Earl should attended by only forty men but Sigurd, ...  mounted two men on each horse ...  The Scotchmen were first at the place meeting and no sooner discovered the duplicity of Sigurd than they resolved to fight and die like men. The battle commenced and continued, marked desperation on both sides until after a series of hand to hand encounters the Scots were routed. As shewing the barbarity and gross which prevailed at that period we find it that Sigurd, in the pride of victory, gave orders each of his followers should carry at his saddle the head of a fallen foe. That of the Scots Earl, whose mouth protruded an extraordinary long tooth, was taken by Sigurd himself and when in the act of spurring his horse he was so severely wounded in the leg by this tooth that he soon became alarmingly ill and death speedily ... His followers buried him on the banks of the Ekkial or Orkell a river in Sutherlandshire.

Hand-book to the Orkney Islands  1868

Now the first leader to come up with the idea of  putting two men on a horse to cheat at a battle was inventive although the idea ignores the whole issue of 'honour' which everyone was meant to have followed. It does, though, raise questions when a very similar story reappears as Gunn 'history' hundreds of years later in the Gunn - Keith big battle story.

Were the Gunns innocents abroad? Did they know anything about battle? If the coroner was as clever and important as is often suggested (and I don't think he was) then one would have expected, at the very least, a lookout to be posted. There wasn't. That is just so obviously something which should have been done it raises a question about the authenticity of the story. The Gunn - Keith 'battle' account is also just too close to the above Sigurd story ...

But coroner Gunn was of some importance - he was an officer of the law and major families (and the Keiths are of central importance in Sottish history)  just don't go around killing offices of the law and it not be reported! It would have been too juicy a scandal for the Scottish aristocracy to ignore.  I think the whole Gunn - Keith battle is extremely unlikely to have happened due to this key reason; as I say in my entry on Helen Gunn of Braemore -

The Keiths (the name is derived from the barony they held in East Lothian) being the Earls Marshall  of Scotland ...  note the title ‘Earl Marishal of Scotland’ was held by the Keith family until the 18th century. (Although the local Keiths - still the same family and it was part of the Earl Marishal estate - may have been a bit less important; the Earl Marishal may not have been there at the time...). Law and order was part of Scotland at the time. Even if the Highlands were a bit ‘wild west’ one suspects that killing locals ... was probably not accepted as normal aristocratic behaviour. It would have made the official papers and be well known given the importance of the Keiths in Scottish history, but it seems not to be visible... the lack of known consequence in official papers makes one suspect a myth.  

The Keith family in a battle would have been in the mainstream news in Edinburgh. And it wasn't.  This lack of being in the history texts is highly suggestive that the battle did not happen. In particular, the Keiths acting dishonourably in battle against the obscure Gunns would have been too important - too juicy a bit of gossip -  for the Royal Court to ignore.

Another bit of Gunn history is far more likely to be a myth. What a surprise... 

And if the event happened did it actually involve the Chief of the Keiths - or merely the Laird of Inverugie and Ackergill as stated in Alexander MacGregor's early account ? The Laird was a minor branch of the Keith family.  (It's not the Chief of the Keiths - possible death dates do not match; see my booklet.)
(Macgregor, A. The Feuds of the Clans / Together with the History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans in the Northern Parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles, from the Year MXXXI Unto MCDXIX. Stirling: Mackay, 1907. Print.)


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And don't forget that in the Orkneys in the 1100s Saint Magnus and his brother Haakon also had  a very similar story attached to them - the brothers had fallen out and went to an island to do battle. Magnus bought the agreed two ships and his brother brought eight. 

So, another cheating story. Did every family have one?


Part Two

The Gunn Keith 'Battle of St Tears' is critically analysed at http://ramscraigs.com/?p=444 where he writes 

'In the well known story, several of the Gunn party at St. Tears survived, not the least of which is Henry Gunn who took revenge at castle Dirlot, and the Crowner’s oldest son James who claimed the chiefship after his father’s death. If the origin of family names, Robert Gunn also survived as did William Gunn and Sweyn Gunn. Come to think of it, quite a few of the Crowner’s sons seem to have survived St. Tears. If you are the Keiths, and you know that you outnumber your enemy 2:1, would you let any of them survive? You can count on the fact that they will be back in force to extract their revenge. In fact this cycle of attack and revenge been going on for decades. Are we to believe that the Keiths showed mercy to the Gunns at the exact moment when they held their doom in their gauntlets?

Simply put, a critical look at the story of St. Tears seems to indicate that the legend may not be the whole story...'

This is an excellent point; the common story of the St Tears battle just doesn't make sense as an historic account.  But the story of it appeals to Clan Societies--note the Keith and Gunn Clan Societies treaty of 1978 to get over this very questionable historical possibility. Clan societies do seem to enjoy indulging in mythic (and / or near mythic) events. Wasn't there something more positive the Clan Gunn Society could have done in 1978 to commemorate or examine real events than create an olde worlde treaty ending non-existent feuds over questionable history? 

See, as well, 'The Gunn Papers' The Northern Chronicle 15.2.1911 elsewhere on this site.
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    • John MacHamish Gunn in Navidale, perhaps of Killernan – one of the mythical Gunn Chief line
    • Are Gunns a clan 2? Chief implications
    • Real Clan Gunn Chief - John Gunn in Durness
    • Clan Gunn Chief - descent from Donald Crotach Gunn 6th Mackeamish
    • Clan Gunn Chief - Braehour line
    • The new 3rd Clan Gunn 'Chief' line
    • Clan Gunn Family Convention / Derbhfine 2015
    • The non-existent Clan Gunn crest badge and motto
    • On the non-existent Gunn ‘Chiefs’ between the Orkneys and before Gunn coroner (for Orkney 'Gunns' see the next column)
    • Braemore and MacRob / Robson Gunns; Chief? Chieftain?
    • Gunn (MacHamish) Mckaimish line was never Gunn 'Chief' >
      • On the correct spelling of Gunn Mckaimish / Mckeamuish (not Gunn MacHamish)
      • Alexander Gunn of Killearnan - new Gunn Mckaimish document 1652
      • The big Gunn legal battle of the 1670s
      • Badenloch Estate 1738; Alexander Gunn of Badenloch and later Wester Helmsdale 'Chief' of the Clan Gunn (in Sutherland)
      • Alexander Gunn of Badenloch later Wester Helmsdale NOT chief of the Clan Gunn
      • Gunn MacHamish / Mckaimish line not being Chief; more
      • How the Mckaimish line was manipulated into being viewed as Chief
      • Chief of the Clan Gunn by the Rev. Dr. Miller, C.I.E. Principal of Madras Theological College.
    • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish; potential lines >
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 1; Esther
      • Esther Gunn, Part Two
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 2; Kinbrace
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mackaimish lines 3; Hector Gunn
      • Gunn 'Chief' / Mckaimish lines 4; Gunn of Corrish
      • Osclay Clan Gunn 'Chief' link
    • Aeneas Gunn Edinburgh Family trees 1868 / 1870 >
      • Aeneas Gunn family trees 1868 / 1870 - introduction
      • Aeneas James Gunn (Australia) discussion of the Edinburgh trees
      • Clan Gunn 'Chiefs'
      • Robert Gunn son of the Gunn coroner
      • Gunns of Watten / Hastigrow; more from Robert Gunn
      • John Gunn of Navidale c.1615-c.1660
      • George Gunn of Corrish
      • William 'beag / bheg' Gunn
      • Donald ‘the Scholar’ Gunn / Adam 'Mulbuie' Gunn line, being the second son of William ‘bheg’ / ‘beag’ Gunn
      • William in Achanaichan / Achaneccan line being the 2nd son of Donald the Scholar
    • Lord Lyon on the early history of Clan Gunn 'chiefs'
    • Lord Lyon 2011 interlocutor in the petition of Michael James Gunn
    • Clan Gunn Family Convention / Derbhfine petition 2012 - and its rejection
  • Gunn Scottish history
    • Gunn origin; a draft Chapter One
    • Clan Gunn has no Orkney origin
    • On Saint Donan / Saint Donnan and on Kildonan having nothing to do with him
    • What is a clan? / Are Gunns a clan?
    • Real origin of the Clan Gunn
    • Orkney issues (including the non-existent 'Clan Gunn Chief' Ottar and Snaekollr who stayed in Norway) >
      • Pytheas of Massilia, Ptolemy, Clan Gunn and the Orkney Islands origin myth
      • Why Gunns are not of Norse / Orkney descent
      • Saint Magnus and Saint Rognvald / Ronald
    • Who was before 'crowner / coroner' Gunn? And is it crowner or coroner?
    • The two soldiers on one horse story; a coroner Gunn myth (or a Gunn - Keith battle myth if you prefer)
    • The Macdonalds of Sleat and a Gunn coroner link
    • A Gun / Gunn Braemore story, perhaps from the late 1400s
    • Helen Gunn of Braemore; myth
    • Inverness early 1700s
    • Jacobite rebellions. Culloden.
    • Concerning Helmsdale c. late 1840s
    • On early Gunn character
    • Highland Clearances, Gunns and Kildonan
    • Ulbster Estate evictions
    • On Scottish clan re-invention in the 18th and 19th centuries
    • The last woman to be hanged in Edinburgh
  • Gunn other history
    • On a Gunn helping 'discover' North America - 'Sir James Gunn of Clyth Crowner of Caithness' and the 'Westford knight' myth
    • Isobel Gunn 1780? - 7 November 1861; pioneer feminist. Orkneys, Canada
    • Hon. Donald Gunn, Canada 1797-1878
    • Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1801-1881), botanist in Tasmania Australia
    • Ned Kelly (Australian bushranger) and the Gunns
    • S. M. Bruce, Australian Prime Minister, was a Braehour Gunn
    • John Gunn (1884-1959); Labor Party Premier of South Australia
    • Gunns Tasmania, Australia (company)
    • David John Gunn 1887-1955 New Zealand
    • Dr. Elizabeth Catherine Gunn 1879-1963, New Zealand
  • Gunn genealogy
    • Scotlands People 'The official Scottish genealogy resource'
    • Concerning Septs
    • John - son (3rd?) of Gunn coroner
    • Cattaig / Cataich Gunn Family tree (from John, perhaps 3rd son of Gun coroner)
    • Henry, (youngest?) son of the Gunn coroner
    • Some Scottish Old Parish Records >
      • Gun (Gunn) Braehour / Halkirk Baptism OPR 1777
      • Some further Gunn Old Parish Records (Baptism )
      • And yet more Gunn OPR
      • Gunn OPR 4
      • Gunn OPR 5
      • Gunn OPR 6
      • Gunn OPR 7
      • Gunn OPR 8
    • Directory to Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. etc In Scotland
    • Balnakeil Old Cemetery, Durness; John Gunn, Land Steward of Durness
    • Scottish burial grounds
    • John Gun, Master of the Charity School, Kildonan 1743
    • Gunn statistics; the 1881 British Census
    • Henderson Gunn DNA link
    • Papers On Sutherland Estate Management 1802-1816
    • McElgunns / Gunns of Killyfoyle Northern Ireland
    • Frank Gunn Quebec City chandler / coal merchant; Fermanagh Eniskillen
    • Gunns ; Victorian War (Australia) Heritage Inventory
    • William Gunn KIA 24 November 1915 at Gallipoli - ANZAC
  • Culture and sport
    • William Gunn 1795-1867, bagpipe maker, composer, publisher Glasgow. Composer of 'The Gunns' Salute''?
    • Literature >
      • 'Fairy-Tale'; a poem by G. K. Chesterton
      • 'The Curse of the Gunns', a poem by Thomas Gunn (1873-1950)
      • Emily Dickinson and her Gunn connection
      • On Gunn writers
      • Neil M. Gunn 1891-1973
      • Kirsty Gunn - the great New Zealand author - on growing up with the bagpipes
      • Margaret Laurence, Canadian author of 'The Diviners'
      • Alastair Gunn 'The Advent Killer'
      • 'The Boys of Gunn Island' by Alfred Judd
      • Victor Gunn; crime writer
    • Jenny Gunn - Cricket
    • Gunn tartan / Scottish Commonwealth Games tartan - 2006
  • Other
    • Key Texts >
      • Key Issues for a Clan Gunn history by Alastair Gunn
      • Thomas Sinclair 'The Gunns' and Mark Rugg Gunn 'Clan Gunn'
      • Thomas Sinclair; Supplements to his history of the Clan Gunn >
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 1; 2. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 2; 9. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 3; 16. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 4; 23. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 5; 30. 12. 1902
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 6; 6.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 7; 13.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 8; 20.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 9; 27.1.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 10; 3.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 11; 10.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 12; 17.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 13; 24.2.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 14; 3.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 15; 12.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 16
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 17; 31.3.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 18; 14.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 19; 21.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 20; 28.4.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 21; 5.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 22; 12.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 23; 19.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 24; 24.5.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 25; 2.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 26;9.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 27; 16.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 28; 23.6.1903
        • Thomas Sinclair Supplement 29; 30.6.1903
      • The Gunns by Robert R Gunn (USA) 1925
      • Scotland and Beyond; the Families of Donald Gunn (Tormsdale) and John Gunn (Dalnaha, Strathmore and Braehour)
      • 'Ministers and Men in the Far North' by the Rev. Alexander Auld
      • Further texts of relevance to Gunn history
      • Sage's Gunn history >
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 1
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 2
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 3
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 4
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 5
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 6
        • Sage's Gunn History manuscript 7
        • On the Sage Gunn manuscript
      • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' >
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 11.1.1911 and 8.2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 1.2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 15. 2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 22. 2.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 1.3.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 8.3.1911
        • The Gunn Papers; 'The Northern Chronicle' 15.3.1911
      • A History of Dirlot Cemetery by Dr. William Gunn >
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 1)
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 2)
        • A History of Dirlot Cemetery (Part 3; the last)
      • Caithness (Gunn) Family History by John Henderson W.S.; including Braemore Gunns
    • From a ‘CGS North America’ member; concerning the Gunn future
    • Concerning Clan Societies and the Lord Lyon
    • Clan Gunn Society UK Membership List analysis; 1962-1995
    • Clan Gunn Society International Gathering 2012
    • Useful links / Contact form