The Presley of Memphis tartan recognizes the Scottish ancestry of Elvis Presley. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The American singer and actor passed away 45 years ago today. His fame reached such incredible heights that he is still referred to as the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ or simply ‘The King’. Elvis’ Scottish roots can be traced to Andrew Presley who married Elsbeth Leg in August of 1713 at the Lonmay Church in Aberdeenshire. It was Andrew’s son, also called Andrew, who left Scotland in 1745 during the Jacobite Rebellion. He settled in South Carolina and worked as a blacksmith. This lineage has been tracked to 1935 when Elvis was born in a shack in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Presley of Memphis tartan was created by an Elvis tribute artist named Robert Ainsley from Port Seton, Scotland. Ainsley based his design on the ‘America’ tartan created by a J. Cumming. Ainsley’s adaptation retained the colours of the American flag while introducing pink, Elvis’ favourite colour. The white thread count of 4...