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Upon the outbreak of the Jacobite rising of 1715, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat returned to Scotland and despite being a staunch Jacobite offered his services to John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll who was in overall command of British forces in Scotland in order to restore himself in Scotland. [2]
1980 – The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689-1746; 1984 - Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen, 1650-1784; 1986 - The Jacobite Cause; 1992 - The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics Since 1914; 1993 - Integration and Enlightenment: Scotland, 1746-1832; 2000 - England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688
Clan Macpherson having supported the Jacobite rising of 1715, General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 220 men. [7] Chief Euan Macpherson of Cluny was a notable leader in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and fought at the Clifton Moor Skirmish. [2] 300 Macphersons took part in the Atholl raids of March 1746. [8]
Alexander Robertson, 13th chief (b. 1668) joined the Jacobite rising of 1689 and was taken prisoner a few weeks after the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Dunkeld. After being released he went to live in France for thirteen years where he served for some time in the French army. He returned to Scotland in 1703. [7]
During the Jacobite rising of 1715 the Sinclairs supported the Jacobite cause, but during the Jacobite rising of 1745, while the clan largely had Jacobite sympathies, their chief, the Earl of Caithness, supported the British-Hanoverian Government. The current chief is Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness.
Appin naturally supported the Jacobite risings and sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of 1715. General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 400 men. [6] Dugald Stewart, 9th Chief of Appin, was created Lord Appin in the Jacobite peerage on 6 June 1743. Appin also sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of ...
Lenman, Bruce (1984) The Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen. Dalkeith: Scottish Cultural Press. ISBN 1 898218 19 6. Macpherson, Alan Gibson (1996) A Day's March to Ruin: The Badenoch Men in the 'Forty-five and Col. Ewen Macpherson of Cluny. Newtonmore: Clan MacPherson Association. ISBN 0952858703
The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts. At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, local landowner the Earl of Mar raised