The siege of Stirling Castle took place from 8 January to 1 February 1746, during the 1745 Rising, when a Jacobite force besieged Stirling Castle, held by a government garrison under William Blakeney.
Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle, one of the strongest fortifications in Scotland
An 18 pounder French cannon, similar to the two transported to Stirling
Blakeney (1671-1761), garrison commander of Stirling Castle
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, was the third and youngest son of George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. He was Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is best
Siege of Stirling Castle (1746)
…garrison under William Blakeney. Despite defeating a relief force under Henry Hawley at Falkirk Muir on 17 January, the siege made little progress; when Cumberland's army began advancing north from Edinburgh, it was abandoned and on 1 February the Jacobites withdrew to Inverness. One of the strongest fortifications…
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1759
William Augustus, aged 10 or 11, painted by William Hogarth
The Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 was Cumberland's first battle as commander.
Jacobite satire of the Duke of Cumberland in the Highlands