Clan MacAulay, or the family of the MacAulays of Ardincaple, is first recorded within the lands of Dunbartonshire, which was controlled in the Middle Ages by the mormaers (earls) of Lennox.
The MacAulay clan, originating from the MacAulays of Ardincaple, is initially found in the records of Dunbartonshire, a region controlled during the Middle Ages by the earls of Lennox.