Rukunin ya kafa a Scotland a watan Satumba na 1678 da Earl of Mar don yin aiki da masu adawa da yarjejeniya da kuma taimakawa wajen kawar da 'yan tawaye a Bothwell Bridge
a 1679 da kuma 1685 Argyll ta Rising. Thomas Buchan, ɗan Katolika ɗan Scotland kuma ƙwararren soja ya maye gurbin Earl a matsayin Kanal a watan Yulin 1686.