Battle of Loup Hill
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The Battle of Loup Hill took place near Loup Hill in Kintyre on 16 May 1689, during the Jacobite rising of 1689, a connected conflict of the Williamite War in Ireland.
Loup House
Argyll's Rising
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Argyll's Rising, June 1685, was an attempt to overthrow James II and VII in Scotland led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. Planned to coincide with the Monmouth Rebellion in England, both wer
An illustration of Argyll's capture
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll; convicted of treason in 1681, he escaped to the Dutch Republic in 1683
Sir Patrick Hume, a key member of the rebels' Council. His disagreements with Argyll hampered the progress of the rebellion.
The port of Amsterdam, c.1680; the rebels sailed from here on 2 May 1685