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In July 1745, Charles landed in Scotland; by the end of September, he had captured Edinburgh and defeated a government army at the Battle of Prestonpans.After intense debate, in early November a Jacobite army of around 5,000 crossed into England, where Charles believed there was strong support for a Stuart restoration.
The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army, [1] was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.
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.
Lord Lewis Gordon (22 December 1724 – 15 June 1754), also known as Lord Ludovick Gordon, was a Scottish nobleman, naval officer and Jacobite, remembered largely for participating in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart appointed him Lord-lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire.
M. Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch; Donald MacDonald (army officer) John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod; Allan Maclean of Torloisk; Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair; Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman) Hugh Mercer; David Morgan (Jacobite) Sir David Murray, 4th Baronet; George Murray (general)
The Highland Battalion: ~ 300 rank and file. The Highland Battalion consisted of eight companies of soldiers, some regular and some militia. [ 24 ] Four of these companies were from the Campbell of Argyll Militia , three of these companies were from Loudon's 64th Highland Regiment and one company was from the 43rd (Black Watch) Highland ...
M. Forbes Macbean; Duncan Ban MacIntyre; Alexander Mackay (British Army officer) George Mackay of Skibo; Hugh Mackay of Bighouse; Robert Melvill; John Mordaunt (British Army officer) John Mordaunt (MP) George Munro, 1st of Culcairn; Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet; Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet; Alexander Murray (British Army officer, died 1762)
Sir John William O'Sullivan (c. 1700 – c. 1760) was an Irish professional soldier, who spent most of his career in the service of France, but is best known for his involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.