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Here is the latest list of what Clans are marching on what days for The Touch of Tartan.

There will be a series of Clan Parades that will take place each night of the Tattoo. This will be a major event within the Clan-themed events that will be happening throughout this year, backed by the Scottish Clan Event Fund.

There are 25 performances of the Edinburgh Tattoo. Tickets have been put aside for the clans to buy for each performance to make sure that as many tartan-clad clansmen, women and children attend as possible.  Each Clan has seats allocated at the Tattoo.

For more information please contact  info@clanchiefs.org.uk

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Chief Ian Francis Wallace and wife Teresa

Ian was the 35th Chief of the Clan.  He became Chief upon the death of his brother, Lt. Col. Malcolm Robert Wallace, on 9th December 1990.

Born 28 September 1926 Ian is the son of Colonel Robert Francis Hunter Wallace of that Ilk and Euphemia Hoskyns.  On  Febuary 2nd 1963  he married Teresa Hyne Buckingham, daughter of Reverend Christopher Leigh Buckingham.
Educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England.  He graduated from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Master of Arts. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Army Service Corps and Arab Legion.

Ian lived with his family in Edinburgh. With Teresa he had three children;  Andrew Robert Wallace of that Ilk, younger, Henrietta Katherine Wallace and James Christopher Wallace.

Andrew Wallace Younger of that Ilk son of Ian Wallace. With other Chiefs at The Flodden Service in September 2013.

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Exercising the vote is only one way that Scottish youth are stepping up their impact in Scotland.  There are leaders among them who are not content only to vote for others to lead the nation.  Young people like twenty-year-old Mhairi Black are intent on becoming leaders themselves.  She  undertook her campaign in last spring’s United Kingdom General Election in order to become the next Minister of Parliament from Paisley/Renfrewshire South.  To the surprise of many, Mhairi succeeded in that project and she took her seat at Westminster and graduated from the University of Glasgow all in one exciting year.

In the U.K. Parliament they call your first speech on the floor of the House of Commons your “maiden speech”.  Mhairi Black, M.P. made hers on July 14, 2015.  So far, the speech has had over 10,000,000 views on YouTube.  Over 10 Million views.  Watch it here.  

Mhairi is the youngest British lawmaker in over a century.  She is fresh faced, confident and energetic and a serious contributor.  She is a member of the SNP that unseated a major British political figure – former Shadow Foreign Secretary and Labour icon Douglas Alexander to take over the paisley seat.  While Mhairi’s campaign might have been seen as a youthful training mission in the beginning, it did not take long for Ms. Black to acquit herself on the hustings.  She is thoughtful and articulate.  Ultimately, she proved way too much for the career politician she opposed who agreed himself that the campaign had been run at a consistently high level and yielded a fair result.

Mhairi Black may be the youngest Scottish MP and the one capturing most of the world’s attention at present, but Scotland’s entire profile is a very young one.  With an average age of 46, Scotland’s 59 MPs are the youngest of all the nations in the U.K.  There is no question that Scotland’s “next generation” is not at all timid about their duty and opportunity to take up their share of the burden of democratic representation.  This is a great introduction to young Mhairi Black, M.P., speaking recently at a commemoration hosted by the wonderful heritage group The Society For William Wallace.  Mhairi reminds the crowd in this clip why remembering ancestors like William Wallace is important to us all.  It is also worth noting that Mhairi carefully points out that she did not learn about Wallace in her primary school education.  But she was fortunate enough to have learned her heritage from her parents and she clearly has an appreciation for it.

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Adam Watters – Braveheart Impersonator

A Braveheart impersonator has been charged with firearms offences after police received a complaint about “a man with a blue face firing a gun”. Adam Watters, who performs dressed as William Wallace in Edinburgh’s tourist hotspots, insists that his weapons are blank-firing replicas and that he has been the victim of heavy-handed policing.

Police in Edinburgh seized the performer’s replica guns in February 2012 following an incident on the Royal Mile. Watters was detained by police and had his entire collection confiscated after informing officers he had more replicas at home. Earlier this month he was advised he was being charged with possessing guns without a licence.

As a result of the charges, Watters said he is unable to teach Jacobite history at schools in Edinburgh and East Lothian. “I just feel it is an injustice. It is like taking paint from a painter as these are the tools of my trade. They are all part of an act that I have put my heart into to teach schoolchildren and build up my performance.”

Watters has worked with the Clanranald Trust on stunts for a number of movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Gladiator and King Arthur, and claims to have documentation that will certify the weapons are blank-firers.

“I don’t need a licence for them because they were never real guns – they are for use by actors and entertainers. They fire blanks and cannot be converted to fire projectiles. If they make me get a licence it opens up a whole can of worms for thousands of 
people across the world who use these blank-firers.”

Watters is currently awaiting the outcome of a report sent to the procurator fiscal. “My weapon was about as harmless as a fart, I just want my stuff back so I can go back to my school teaching as at the moment I can’t teach because of this charge. You get a bang, smoke and a spark, that’s all. I’m no threat to anyone.”

You can support Adam on Facebook, and sign the petition to get the charges dropped here.

*** UPDATE – We’re glad to hear that the charges against Adam were dropped on 4/4/2013.

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