As part of a celebration of the town of Athol’s 250th anniversary, Governor Deval Patrick proclaimed today “Athol Day” at a ceremony with the Duke of Atholl, the head of the noble Scottish Clan Murray ...

The annual parade and gathering of the Atholl Highlanders takes place at Blair Castle this weekend and this will be the 50th anniversary of the 10th Duke of Atholl reviving his private army. Back in ...

With their Lee-Metford rifles, broadswords and daggers in their socks, they look like men you would not want to get on the wrong side of. And that's no surprise, because Scotland's Atholl Highlanders ...

“I appeal to a million sportsmen and sportswomen to send ten shillings [about $2.25] each to dispose of absolutely at my own personal discretion.” Such last week was the amazing proposition of the ...

The only private army in the British Empire is the Army of Atholl, three Scots infantry companies permitted the Dukes of Atholl by Queen Victoria.* Last July their commander, tall, hearty Sir John ...

Blair Castle : an illustrated survey of the historic Scottish home of the Duke of Atholl, compiled under the supervision of the 9th and 10th Dukes of Atholl / [by E.I. Musgrave] ...