Eachann Mac Goraidh MacAlasdair (Hector, son of Goffrey, son of Alexander, anglicised: Hector MacGorrie MacAlester), he became 6th of Loup, Chief of Clan MacAlister

Clan MacAlister

Clan MacAlister is a Scottish Clan and a branch of Clan Donald. The clan is the earliest branch to have split off from Clan Donald, claiming descent from Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall founder of Clan Donald. From Alasdair Mòr the clans takes its surname MacAlister; this surname is an Anglicisation...

 in 1636. He was hanged for treason at Whinny Hill, Kinlochkerran, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 in 1647.

Biography

Hector MacAlester became Chief of Clan MacAlister in 1636. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch...

, he took no part in the wars with the James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose was a Scottish nobleman and soldier, who initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but subsequently supported King Charles I as the English Civil War developed...

 and Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich MacDomhnaill, however many of his clan fought in the campaign.

On his way to join the besieged Royalist garrison at Dunaverty Castle

Dunaverty Castle

Dunaverty Castle is located at Southend at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland. The site was once a fort belonging to the Clan Donald . Little remains of the castle, although the site is protected as a scheduled monument....

 in 1647, he was captured by Coveanter

Roundhead

"Roundhead" was the nickname given to the supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War. Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I and his supporters, the Cavaliers , who claimed absolute power and the divine right of kings...

 Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell, was the de facto head of government in Scotland during most of the conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known as the British Civil War...

 and swiftly hung with his sons at Whinny Hill, Kinlochkerran. Margaret, his wife, arrived shortly after the hanging and yelled curses at Archibald Campbell for his actions.

Family

He married Margaret Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st of Kilberry and Helen Wood, they had known issue:

• Godfrey, 7th of Loup, hanged with his father at Whinny Hill, Kinlochkerran in 1647.
• Elizabeth, married Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich MacDomhnaill, son of Coll Chiotaich Mac Gillespick MacDomhnaill
  Col Ciotach
  Col Ciotach Mac Domhnaill was a Scottish-Irish adventurer of Clan Donald, who became Laird of Colonsay in 1623, by treachery. His name, which means left-handed, was anglicised as Colkitto , and he became a figure of legend...
  
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• Barbara, married Archibald Oig Campbell, son of Archibald Campbell, 5th of Inverawe and Christiane Carswell.
• Coll, hanged with his father at Whinny Hill, Kinlochkerran in 1647.