!SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. IV, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1977, pp. 584-592.
Before leaving Lewis, Torquil Connanach send for his son, John, a youth
who had been brought up by the Earl of Huntly, and made him keeper of
the Castle of Stornoway, in which Roderick the Old Chief was kept
prisoner. John continued in possession of the castle adn island for some
time, when he was attacked by Ruari Oig, his natural uncle, who killed
him, and once more restored old Roderick to his estate and liberty, both
which he enjoyed during the rest of his turbulent days.
On hearing of the death of his son, John, Torquil Connanach, by the
advice of the MacKenzies, apprehended and executed Donald, his natural
brother, whom they supposed knew the designs of Ruiri Oig.