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The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart.It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
The Jacobite rising of 1745 began on 23 July when Charles Edward Stuart landed in the Western Isles, and launched an attempt to reclaim the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. [5] After their victory at Prestonpans in September, the Jacobites controlled much of Scotland, and Charles persuaded his colleagues to invade England.
James Ray was an English volunteer in the Hanovarian army, most notable for his chronicle of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, A Complete History of the Rebellion in 1745: From its first rise, in 1745, to its total suppression at the glorious battle of Culloden, in April 1746 (1749, printed by John Jackson, Petergate, York).
Lord George Murray was a respected Jacobite commander whose father, the Duke of Atholl (chief of Clan Murray) in fact supported the British Government. Lord George opposed all of these views and proposed that half of their force should stay at Brampton while the other half besieged Carlisle .
After the Jacobite capture of Edinburgh in autumn 1745, Lord Lewis Gordon had been designated as the Jacobite Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and was given responsibility for raising men in north-eastern Scotland. With a mix of volunteers and men "pressed" into service, he mustered a relatively-large regiment including three battalions: the ...
On 29 August 1745 a force of 300 Jacobite rebels marched on the Government held Ruthven Barracks. [2] The barracks were under the command of Sergeant Terrance Molloy who had with him only 14 private soldiers. [2] The Jacobites came to the gate of the barracks and demanded that Molloy surrender. [2]
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a 1745 treaty in which France committed itself to support the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was signed on 24 October 1745 in Fontainebleau , France , between Louis XV of France and the pretender to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, James Francis Edward Stuart . [ 1 ]
Margaret Ogilvy, Lady Ogilvy (née Johnstone; 1725 – 1757) was a Scottish Jacobite noblewoman. She accompanied the Jacobite army to several battles in 1746. She was captured and imprisoned after the Battle of Culloden, but escaped from Edinburgh Castle into a brief exile in France before returning to Scotland with her family.