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  2. Jacobite succession - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] By the Peace of Utrecht, France and Spain switched their recognition to the Hanoverian succession in 1713, [20] although France subsequently recognised James as "King of Scotland" during the 1745 rising. [21] Even the Papacy withdrew its recognition of the Jacobite succession when James, the Old Pretender, died in 1766. [22]

  3. Clan Menzies - Wikipedia

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    The chiefs of Clan Menzies did not support the Jacobite rising of 1745; however, the Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stewart stayed for two nights in the castle. [6] Then four days later it was occupied by British-Hanoverian forces, led by the Duke of Cumberland. [6] During the Jacobite rising of 1715 Menzies of Culdares supported the Jacobite ...

  4. List of Scottish clans - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .

  5. Clan Drummond - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, during the Jacobite risings, the Clan Drummond were largely supporters of the Jacobite cause and the House of Stuart. [4] Chief James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth joined the Jacobites during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. [3] [4] He later fled in exile to France, [3] and his estates were forfeited ...

  6. Clan Stewart of Appin - Wikipedia

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    Appin naturally supported the Jacobite risings and sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of 1715. General Wade's report on the Highlands in 1724, estimated the clan strength at 400 men. [6] Dugald Stewart, 9th Chief of Appin, was created Lord Appin in the Jacobite peerage on 6 June 1743. Appin also sent men to fight in the Jacobite rising of ...

  7. Clan Lindsay - Wikipedia

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    His younger son was Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres, who was a staunch Jacobite and fought during the Jacobite rising of 1715. [1] He only escaped being attained for treason through the intervention of the Duke of Marlborough who was a lifelong friend of his. [ 1 ]

  8. Clan Donald - Wikipedia

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    This makes it hard to categorise clans as wholly 'Royalist,' 'Catholic' or later 'Jacobite.' In 1644, Alasdair Mac Colla landed in Scotland with 1500 Irish troops to link up with the Scottish Royalists; Alasdair was from Clan Donald of Dunnyveg, which historically held lands in the western Scottish islands and North-East Ireland.

  9. Scottish clan - Wikipedia

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    A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred' [1]) is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.