James Charles Macnab of Macnab
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Crest: The head of a savage affrontée Proper
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| Motto | Timor Ommis Abesto (Let fear be far from all) | ||
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| Plant badge | Stone bramble or common heath | ||
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| James William Archibald Macnab of Macnab | |||
| 24th Chief of Clan Macnab. | |||
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James Charles Macnab of Macnab JP (14 April 1926 – 11 January 2013), otherwise known as The Macnab, was the 23rd Chief of Clan Macnab, and a member of the Royal Company of Archers, Queen Elizabeth II's bodyguard in Scotland.
Born in London, the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Alexander Macnabb OBE TD, de jure the 21st Macnab of Macnab, by his marriage to Ursula Walford (formerly Barnett), of Wokingham, the young Macnab was educated at Cothill House, Radley College, and Ashbury College, Ottawa.
Between 1944 and 1945, during the closing stages of the Second World War, Macnab served in the Royal Air Force and the Scots Guards. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Seaforth Highlanders in 1945. In 1948 he transferred to the Federation of Malaya Police Force, serving successively as an Assistant Superintendent, then Acting Deputy Superintendent, and retired in 1957. He returned as a Captain into the Seaforth Highlanders (Territorial Army), from 1960 to 1964, and was a Justice of the Peace for Perthshire from 1968 to 1975, then for Stirling from 1975 to 1986.
In 1961 he was elected to the Western Perthshire District Council, and from 1964 to 1975 was a County Councillor for Perth and Kinross. He became a Member of the Central Regional Council in 1978, serving until 1982. He was an Executive Consultant with Hill Samuel Investment Services from 1982 to 1992.
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