 The 17th chief of Clan Galbraith, Robert Galbraith of Culcreuch, brought ruin to the clan.Sometime before 1593 Culcreuch's widowed mother married, against his wishes, the chief of the Clan MacAulay, Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple.Culcreuch's animosity towards Ardincaple was so much that Culcreuch was said to have ""gevin vp kindnes, and denunceit his euill-will to him [Ardincaple] with solempne vowis of revenge"".