The Battle of Culloden
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »Extracted from "Tales of a Grandfather" by Sir Walter Scott, written around 1827 (some eighty-three years after the events described in this extract). The book, almost 1200 pages long and describing events in Scottish history from earliest times to ...
Extracts from ‘Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army 1745-46
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »Compiled from various sources. Includes the names of 116 men of the Clan who fought in the '45. It seems very personal, seeing the names and fate of those involved. Key used in images: Ex ------------ Executed, hanged or shot K -------------- Killed KE ------------ ...
The Rising of 1745
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »By themselves the Scottish Associators (a group of Jacobites formed ...
The Rising of 1715
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »At the opposite end of the scale to the variegated human structure of the larger Highland political units such as Atholl, or the Campbell or ...
The Rising of 1689
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »The Jacobite army also contained men of upright life and proven honour attracted to its standard by a loyalty rooted in firm conviction. The ...
Forfeited Estates
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »Below is a word-processed reproduction of the hand-written Report of David Bruce, surveyor of Forfeited Estates, to the Scottish Court of Exchequer on the subect of his investigation into the value of the Estate of Donald Cameron of Lochiel in ...
Extracts from The John MacGregor Collection at Ref GD.50 Scottish Archives
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »/196a "Clachglass in Kincardine, 16 August 1761. - The Session having received the following dismal and shocking Report viz. That a male child lately born, was found yesterday by the Fishers drowned anent the house of Kinclindy in Spey, in ...
The Clearances
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Jacobites, The Clan | No Comments »"O hearts to the hills of old memory true ! In the land of your love there are mourners for you ; As ...
