Quote Originally Posted by Downunder Kilt View Post
As it not been adopted by the Clan Chief as per the S.R.O.T. Registration notes: Designed for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders raised by Alan Cameron of Erracht in 1793. It was never adopted by the clan. Further information can be found in 'The Scottish Regiments', 2nd edition, by Dr. Diana Henderson. HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. It is also classed as a military tartan by that institution, so there is no clan affiliation. I believe that Tobus has a ex army kilt in this tartan, but I don't know if he has any affiliation with a regiment that wore it.

I don't really know if you would put it in the "universal" class or not
The Erracht is not a universal tartan in the commonly accepted terms but as there is no such thing as a 'right' to wear any particular tartan there is no reason why it should not be worn by anyone that likes it. I have no Cameron or 79th affiliations but I used to have a 79th NY Highlanders' reconstruction kilt because of just that - I liked it.

Although the chief has apparently never explicitly adopted it he/they have done implicitly. The current clan website says of it that The tartan worn in the McIan print and by Lochiel is Cameron of Lochiel and is normally only worn by members of the family .

Historically speaking the S.R.O.T. Registration notes are incorrect. The tartan was not designed for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (there was a King on the throne in1793) but for the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron's).