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Unlike their kinsmen in Strathspey, the Grants of Glenmoriston were strong supporters of the Jacobite cause and fought in every major Jacobite uprising. [4] [5]John Grant, 6th of Glenmoriston (who married a daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel – a union which formed close ties between the families) was a committed Jacobite and fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.
The chiefs of Clan Menzies did not support the Jacobite rising of 1745; however, the Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stewart stayed for two nights in the castle. [6] Then four days later it was occupied by British-Hanoverian forces, led by the Duke of Cumberland. [6] During the Jacobite rising of 1715 Menzies of Culdares supported the Jacobite ...
The family initially favoured John Balliol's claim to the throne but later it became paramount that they gave their loyalty to Robert the Bruce. [11] The Battle of Bannockburn was fought in 1314, where the Clan Sinclair fought in support of Robert the Bruce. [11] After the battle Robert the Bruce gave William Sinclair his sword. [13]
The 26th Chief, Ninian Brodie of Brodie's son, Alastair Ian Ninian, who also died in 2003 aged 61, lived in Cambridgeshire and worked in I.T., having dissociated himself from his position and family after his 1986 divorce from his first wife, Mary-Louise (née Johnson), an Australian socialite, who subsequently lived with their children in ...
18th century and Jacobite risings [ edit ] During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stuart stayed at Thirlestane and his army camped in the parklands after their victory at the Battle of Prestonpans , however the Maitlands were not noted Jacobites and as a result escaped forfeiture.
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, c. 1667 – 9 April 1747, [a] was a Scottish clan chief and head of Clan Fraser of Lovat.Convicted of high treason for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was the last man in Britain to be executed by beheading.
The Skirmish of Alness was a conflict that took place in October 1715 in Alness, in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands.It was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715 and pitted Highlanders loyal to the British-Hanoverian Government of George I of Great Britain against Highlanders loyal to the Jacobite House of Stuart.
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