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The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] 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.
The Battle of Culloden [a] took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, thereby ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.
[d] By exposing the divergence between Scottish, French and Stuart objectives, as well as the lack of support in England, the 1745 Rising ended Jacobitism as a viable political alternative in England and Scotland. [44] The British authorities enacted a series of measures designed to prevent the Scottish Highlands being used for another rising.
4 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces reach as far south in England as Derby causing panic in London. [2] 6 December – Jacobite rising: Jacobite forces decide to retreat to Scotland. [2] 18 December – Jacobite rising: A Jacobite victory at the Clifton Moor Skirmish, [2] the last action between two military forces on English soil. [4]
Lordship to Patronage: Scotland, 1603-1745 (New History of Scotland) (1990 ed.). Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0748602339. Oates, Joanthan, ed. (2006). The Memoir of Walter Shairp; the Story of the Liverpool Regiment during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in Volume CXLII;. The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. ISBN 978-0-902593-73-2.
Sir John Murray of Broughton, 7th Baronet of Stanhope (c. 1715 – 6 December 1777), also known as Murray of Broughton, was a Scottish baronet, who served as Jacobite Secretary of State during the 1745 Rising. As such, he was responsible for Jacobite civilian administration, and was by contemporary accounts hardworking and efficient.
Publications of the Scottish History Society, 1737–1746. Vol. Ser. 2, Vol. 2. Scottish History Society. Cadell, Sir Robert (1898). Sir John Cope and the Rebellion of 1745. William Blackwood & Sons. Charles, George (1817). History of the transactions in Scotland, in the years 1715–16 & 1745–1746; Volume II. Gilchrist & Heriot.
The Battle of Culloden was the last battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745. This rising was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to overthrow George II of the House of Hanover, and replace him with his father, James Francis Edward Stuart of the House of Stuart. [citation needed] The battle was fought on 16 April 1746, on Drummossie Moor near ...