Jacobite rising of 1715
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The Jacobite rising of 1715 was an attempt by the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the deposed James II of England, to regain the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland for the House of St
The Battle of Sheriffmuir, John Wootton
James Francis Edward Stuart, excluded from the Succession by the Bill of Rights 1689
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
The Duke of Argyll, government commander in Scotland
John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar and 1st Duke of Mar KT, was a Scottish nobleman and a key figure in the British Jacobite movement. He held the title of the 23rd Earl of Mar from the earldom's f
Jacobite rising of 1715
…of England, Scotland and Ireland for the House of Stuart. The rebellion was officially initiated on 27 August 1715 at Braemar in Aberdeenshire by the Earl of Mar. On 13 November, his forces engaged a government army under the Duke of Argyll at Sheriffmuir. The result was indecisive, and was followed by a Jacobite…
Thomas and John Erskine
Folio 5 recto from the Book of Deer (Cambridge University Library, MS. II.6.32), Text from the Gospel of Matthew, starting at Matt. 1:18, with Chi Rho monogram. The text in the margins is amongst the oldest surviving Gaelic text from Scotland.
Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine a hand holding up a skene in pale Argent, hilted and pommelled Or. Erskine in Scottish Gaelic is Arascain ("air an sgian" – upon the knife).
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.