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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
The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715) was the final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715, an attempt to put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in place of George I. After two days of street-fighting, the Jacobite commander Thomas Forster surrendered to government troops under General Charles Wills. It was arguably the ...
The Jacobite Murders. Robert Hale Ltd. Mentions the events in Cornwall. Lee, Katharine (1895). When Fortune Frowns. London Horace Cox. A fictional account based on historical facts of the Jacobite rising in Cornwall. Kearsley, Susanna (2011). The Rose Garden. Allison and Busby. A fictional romance based on the Cornish part in the Jacobite uprising.
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]
In the following year, Jacobites started uprisings in Scotland and Cornwall aimed at putting "James III and VIII" on the throne. On 22 December 1715, James reached Scotland after the Jacobite defeats at the Battle of Sheriffmuir (13 November 1715) and Battle of Preston (1715) . [ 13 ]
The Battle of Sheriffmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, [pl̪ˠaɾ ˈʃʎiəv əɲ ˈtʲʰirˠəm]) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical ...
During the Jacobite Rebellion, Campbell led the government army against the Jacobites led by the Earl of Mar at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715. [6] The battle was indecisive but favoured the government strategically.
In 1716, Daniel Defoe played a significant role in the manipulation and dissemination of "A Journal of the Earl of Marr's Proceedings," a document originally intended to defend John Erskine, Earl of Mar, and his actions during the Jacobite uprising of 1715. The journal, which was initially compiled by multiple authors under Mar's direction ...