THE GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATIONS

       On the occasion of their "golden wedding-day" in December 1882 -- the fiftieth anniversary of Ewen Macpherson of Cluny's marriage to Sarah Justina Davidson -- the venerable and happy pair received an ovation such as seldom, if ever previously, was witnessed in the Highlands. Congratulatory addresses, couched in the warmest terms, were presented by all the public bodies in the country with which Cluny was connected.

      In addition to deputations from these bodies, a large ad distinguished party of clansmen and friends, headed by Sir George Macpherson-Grant and by the veteran soldier, Sir Herbert Macpherson, presented Cluny and his lady a beautiful illuminated address along with a magnificent work of art in the form of a massive silver candlelabrum.

      The subscribers to the presentation numbered between three and four hundred and embraced all the historic names in the Highlands. Several of the illuminated addresses presented that day are on display in the Drumochter Room at Panel 105