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    The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took...
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    Jacobitism (redirect from 1745 jacobite)
    Williamite War in Ireland and the Jacobite rising of 1689 in Scotland, there were serious revolts in 1715, 1719 and 1745; abortive French-backed invasion...
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    the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne. Starting with less than 1,000 men at Glenfinnan in August 1745, the...
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    government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745. Charles landed in Scotland in July 1745, seeking to restore his father...
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    Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile Charles Edward Stuart,...
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    court of Louis XV of France. September 16 – Jacobite rising of 1745 – "Canter of Coltbrigg": The British 13th and 14th Dragoons flee the Jacobites, near...
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    Clan Drummond (category Scottish people of Hungarian descent)
    during the Jacobite rising of 1715. The Drummonds were forfeited for taking part in the Jacobite rising of 1745 but they recovered the Earldom of Perth in...
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    During the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Clan Campbell continued their support for the British Government. They fought against the rebel Jacobites at the Battle...
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    Government during the Jacobite rising of 1745. At the start of the rising William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland and chief of Clan Sutherland reconciled...
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    Baronet of Carstairs. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, in the County of Ross, although from the Pitcalnie line, the nominal 18th Chief of Clan Ross...
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    Clan Gordon (category House of Gordon)
    cause. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 the Clan Gordon was Jacobite. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, their chief, then the Duke of Gordon, pledged...
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    During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Clan MacLaren fought in support of the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Prestonpans and the Battle of Falkirk Muir...
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  • Duke of Argyll to oppose the Jacobite rising of 1745. John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll was also the chief of the Clan Campbell and the men of the militia...
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    the chief and clan of Mackenzie supported the Jacobite cause. However, during the Jacobite rising of 1745 the clan was divided with the chief, Kenneth...
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    Clan Murray (redirect from Murray of Atholl)
    of Scottish Independence in the 13th and 14th centuries. The Murrays also largely supported the Jacobite House of Stuart during the Jacobite risings of...
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    the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Clan MacDonell of Glengarry along with the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and the MacDonalds of Glencoe fought as Jacobites at...
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    and Jacobite, remembered largely for participating in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart appointed him Lord-lieutenant of Aberdeenshire...
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    George Murray (general) (category Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
    that of 1745. Pardoned in 1725, he returned to Scotland, where he married and in 1739 took the oath of allegiance to George II. When the 1745 Rising began...
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    Clan Mackintosh (category Highlands and Islands of Scotland)
    clan strength of the Mackintoshes and Farquharsons at 800 men. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Angus Mackintosh, twenty-second chief of Clan Mackintosh...
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    of Culloden House took place on the night of 15/16 October 1745 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. 200 men of the Jacobite Clan Fraser of Lovat...
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    Clan Mackay fought at the Battle of Glen Shiel where they defeated the Jacobites. During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Clan Mackay again supported the...
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    General Ponsonby as Colonel of the English 37th Regiment of Foot. When the Jacobite rising of 1745 broke out, Robert's friends in the Highlands hoped for...
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    John O'Sullivan (soldier) (category Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
    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...
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    Anne Mackintosh (category People of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
    (apparent) female military leaders during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and the first female to hold the rank of colonel in Scotland. Born Anne Farquharson...
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  • force under Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745. The Jacobite Army is often assumed to have been largely composed of Gaelic-speaking...
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    the Jacobite risings, both World Wars, and they continue to serve today. Among the organized regiments were an Independent Highland Company in 1745 that...
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    younger of Comar. General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 150 men. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Roderick...
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    titular Duke of Perth (11 May 1713 – 13 May 1746) was a Scottish landowner best known for his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which...
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  • had Jacobite sympathies. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Eric Sutherland, 4th Lord Duffus remained loyal to the Crown and gave intelligence of the...
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    of Ruthven Barracks by Jacobite rebels of a small group of government soldiers took place in August 1745 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745....
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