Editing MacTaggart

{{Infobox surname
| name          = MacTaggart
| image         = 
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| caption       = 
| pronunciation = 
| meaning       = "son of the priest"
| region        = [[Scotland]], [[Ulster]]
| language      = [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]
| variant = [[Taggart (surname)|Taggart]], [[McTaggart]]
| family         = [[Clan Ross]]
| search        = McTaggart
| prefix        = 
| footnotes     = Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/mctaggart |title=MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 21 January 2014</ref>
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'''MacTaggart''' is a surname of [[Scotland|Scottish]] or [[Ulster|Ultonian]] origin. It is an  [[Anglicisation]] of the [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] ''Mac an t-Sagairt'', meaning "son of the priest"<ref>"Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" ([http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Taggart-family-history.ashx Taggart family history).]</ref> Also having the forms '''[[McTaggart]]''' and [[Taggart (surname)|Taggart]].

==People with the surname ''MacTaggart''==

*[[Fearchar, Earl of Ross|Fearchar mac an t-sagairt]] (anglicised as  ''Farquhar MacTaggart'') 13th century Earl of Ross
*[[Fiona Mactaggart]]
*[[Gerry MacTaggart]]
*[[Ivan Mactaggart]]
*[[James MacTaggart]]
*[[John Mactaggart (disambiguation)]]
*[[Sandy Mactaggart]]
*[[William MacTaggart]]

==Other==
*[[Mactaggart baronets]]
*[[MacTaggart-Stewart baronets]]
**[[Mark MacTaggart-Stewart]]
*[[Mactaggart, Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada
*[[Mactaggarts Woolstore]], Brisbane, Australia

==See also==
* [[Moira MacTaggert]], comic book character
* [[McTaggart]]
* [[Taggart (surname)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Surnames of Ulster-Scottish origin]]

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