Siege of Stirling Castle (1746)
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
The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, David Morier
James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender,' or 'Chevalier de St George' portrait from 1748
Cardinal Fleury, chief minister of France 1723 to 1743; he viewed the Jacobites as an ineffective weapon for dealing with British power
Welsh Tory Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1692–1749); his sky-blue waistcoat was a Jacobite symbol
