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Woodcut painting by David Morier of the Battle of Culloden first published just six months after the battle, in October 1746. An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 (as shown in the infobox at the top of this page), by David Morier, often known as "The Battle of Culloden", is the best-known portrayal of the battle and the best-known of Morier's ...
The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746 at Culloden, Highland, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch (died 1746) was a Scottish Jacobite and clan chief who took part in both the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings. He was killed at the Battle of Culloden leading a regiment composed largely of members of his clan, the MacDonalds of Keppoch (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Dòmhnaill na Ceapaich).
Battle of Culloden, Scotland, 16 April 1746. The final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745, this was the last large scale pitched battle fought on British soil, and in many sources the last battle of any sort fought in Great Britain. [7] Battle of Fishguard, Wales, 22–24 February 1797. The most recent intentional landing on British ...
Chasing the Deer (later re-titled Culloden 1746) is a 1994 British war film directed by Graham Holloway and starring Brian Blessed, Lewis Rae, Iain Cuthbertson, Fish and Mathew Zajac. It depicts the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion , in which Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland , trying to claim the British throne.
Anne was imprisoned for six weeks after the Battle of Culloden. [4] Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie led the Farquharsons at the Battle of Culloden and although he survived he was imprisoned and was condemned to death, but was lucky enough to have his execution reduced to exile. [7] The McFarquhars of Redcastle on the Black Isle were Jacobites ...
Clan MacBean [3] (or Clan MacBain), [4] is a highland Scottish clan and is a member and historic sept of Clan Chattan. [4] [5]Gillies MacBean at Culloden, 16 April 1746 Gillies was a Major in the Mackintosh regiment who died at the battle of Culloden.
Culloden (known as The Battle of Culloden in the U.S.) is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV.It depicts the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the final engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745 which saw the Jacobite Army be decisively defeated by government troops and in the words of the narrator "tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands."