James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth
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James Drummond, 6th Earl and 3rd titular Duke of Perth was a Scottish landowner best known for his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart attempted to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart.
James Drummond, 3rd titular Duke of Perth, from a portrait by Allan Ramsay
Drummond Castle, seat of the Drummond Dukes of Perth.
Perth's brother John Drummond; an experienced officer in the French military, he joined the 1745 rising towards the end of the year.
Charles Edward Stuart
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Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III. During his lifetime, he was also known as "the Young Pretender" and "the Young Chevalier"; in popular memory, he is known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Charles Edward Stuart by Allan Ramsay, painted at Holyrood Palace, late autumn 1745
Portrait by William Mosman
Charles Edward as the Jacobite leader (a painting in Traquair House, attributed to the circle of Louis Tocqué)
A 1907 illustration of Prince Charles seen on the battlefield