G. S. McLennan

Pipe Major George Stewart McLennan (9 February 1883 – 31 May 1929) was a Scottish bagpipe player. He was a successful solo piper, as well as a pipe major and composer.

Life Willie Ross on the left, with G. S. McLennan in the middle and John Macdonald of Inverness on the right He was born on 9 February 1883 at 105 St. Leonard Street, Edinburgh, to John and Elizabeth ( Stewart) McLennan, the eighth of their nine children (one of whom died in infancy). Many of his ancestors on both sides of the family were prominent pipers.

He married Nona Lucking on 3 April 1912, and together they had two sons, George (1914–1996) and John (1916–1940), who both became pipers with the Gordon Highlanders.

McLennan was posted at the depot in Aberdeen until 1918, when he was sent to the Western Front to succeed Pipe Major Tom Henderson who had been killed. In May 1918 he collapsed and required fluid to be drained from his lungs in a field hospital. At the time there were several other prominent musicians in the city, including fiddler James Scott Skinner.

The Jig of Slurs Mrs MacPherson of Inveran The Little Cascade Inveran Dancing Feet Biddy from Sligo Alick C. MacGregor The Braes of Castle Grant Dalnahassaig Kilworth Hills