Jacobite rising of 1715
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The Jacobite rising of 1715 was an attempt by the exiled James Edward Stuart to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the Stuarts.
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
Lieutenant-General George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter was a British army officer and Whig politician. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland from 1716 to 1724 and as a member of parliament from
Engraving of Carpenter by John Faber the Younger, c. 1719
The 1691 battle of Aughrim; Carpenter's unit took part in the decisive charge against the Jacobite left.
Engraving of Charles Wills