# Cluny Macpherson — Kidnapped character guide

> Cluny Macpherson in Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Cluny

**First appearance:** 0024-xxiii-cluny-s-cage

## Who they are

A hunted Jacobite chieftain who lives hidden like a heather-cat, sheltering fugitives in a cage while the redcoats comb the hills for him.

## Relationships

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_social_

Alan seeks shelter with the fugitive clan chief, who offers hospitality and aid.

### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/david_balfour)

_social_

David is a guest of the Highland chief, who treats him with wary courtesy.

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_social_

Alan seeks shelter with the fugitive clan chief, who offers hospitality and aid.

### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/david_balfour)

_social_

David is a guest of the Highland chief, who treats him with wary courtesy.

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

_social_

Alan seeks shelter with the fugitive clan chief, who offers hospitality and aid.

## In the story

### [The Flight in the Heather: The Moor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxii-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-moor)

Cluny is still in Scotland, hidden by his clan, and his sentries capture Alan and David, bringing them to his hideout.

### [Cluny’s Cage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxiii-cluny-s-cage)

The fugitive Highland chief, living in a hidden cage, exercises patriarchal justice, entertains with stories of Prince Charlie, and is initially angered by David's refusal to gamble.

### [The Flight in the Heather: The Quarrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xxiv-the-flight-in-the-heather-the-quarrel)

Mentioned as the chief whose gillie guides David and Alan through the highlands.

## Links

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