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Jacobitism [c] was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the Catholic House of Stuart to the British throne.When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter Mary II of England, and her husband William III. [1]
Immaculate Conception Church, Stratherrick is in the Dalcrag area of Whitebridge (Scottish Gaelic: An Drochaid Bhàn), Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and is a served by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen. [1] It is an active parish church served from St Mary's Church, Inverness.
At the Christian pilgrimage shrine to 'Our Lady of the Highlands', within the grounds of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church near the village of Whitebridge (Scottish Gaelic: An Drochaid Bhàn) and to Loch Ness, a new outdoor Mass stone was consecrated by Bishop Hugh Gilbert of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen in March 2017.
Anti-Jacobite broadside depicting Jenny Cameron and Bonnie Prince Charlie on horseback. Despite Cameron probably having limited involvement in the course of the rising, a number of "cruel and apocryphal" [6] accounts were circulated in England, some of which portrayed Cameron as an active military leader, an "amazon" marching at the head of her ...
The 1681 Scottish Succession and Test Acts made obedience to the monarch a legal obligation, 'regardless of religion'; in return, James swore to uphold the primacy of the Church of Scotland or kirk. By 1680, over 95 percent of Scots were members of the kirk; Catholics numbered less than 2% of the population and even other Protestant sects were ...
Archibald Cameron's elder brother was Donald Cameron of Lochiel, who was the Clan Cameron chief in the absence of their father, and is known in Jacobite history as "The Gentle Lochiel". Aside from Donald Cameron of Lochiel , the Doctor's brothers included John Cameron of Fassiefern (1698–1785), future Roman Catholic priest Alexander Cameron ...
On his return to Scotland, Hay retreated to East Kilbride to avoid the authorities, where he studied John Gother's work, The Papist Represented and Misrepresented. An introduction to John Seaton, a Jesuit missionary at Edinburgh, was followed by a prolonged course of instruction, and Hay was received into the Catholic Church , making his First ...
History of the transactions in Scotland, in the years 1715-16 & 1745-1746; Volume II. Gilchrist & Heriot. Duffy, Christopher (2003). The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising. Orion. ISBN 978-0304355259. Elcho, David (2010) [1748]. A Short Account of the Affairs of Scotland in the Years 1744–46. Kessinger ...