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Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II.

A. T., Mrs. Thomson

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 257 pages

This second volume of Mrs. Thomson's 1845 history gathers memoirs of Jacobites who took part in the 1715 and 1745 risings. It profiles figures such as the Earl of Nithisdale, Viscount Kenmure, Rob Roy Macgregor and Lord Lovat. For listeners drawn to Scottish history, it offers a sympathetic account of loyalty and loss.

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MEMOIRS
OF
THE JACOBITES
OF 1715 AND 1745.
By MRS. THOMSON,
AUTHOR OF
"MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF HENRY THE EIGHTH,"
"MEMOIRS OF SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH," ETC.
VOLUME II.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1845.
LONDON:
Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.
CONTENTS

TO

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PAGE

William Maxwell, Earl of Nithisdale

(with a Portrait of the Countess of Nithisdale)

1

William Gordon, Viscount Kenmure

71

William Murray, Marquis of Tullibardine

92

Sir John Maclean

124

Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell

155

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (with a Portrait)

208

MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES.

WILLIAM MAXWELL, EARL OF NITHISDALE.

COUNTESS OF NITHISDALE.

COUNTESS OF NITHISDALE.

FROM A DRAWING BY CHARLES KIRKPATRICK SHARPE, ESQRE.

TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE BY SIR GODFREY KNELLER AT TER

It is happily remarked by the editor of the Culloden

Papers, with regard to the devotion of many of the

Highland clans to the exiled family of Stuart, that "it cannot be a subject requiring vindication; nor," adds the writer, "if it raise a glow on the face of their descendants, is it likely to be the blush of shame." The descendants of William Maxwell, Earl of Nithisdale, have reason to remember, with a proud interest, the determined

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Contents

  1. MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES OF 1715 AND 1745.
  2. VOLUME II.
  3. CONTENTS TO THE SECOND VOLUME.
  4. MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES.
  5. WILLIAM MAXWELL, EARL OF NITHISDALE.
  6. WILLIAM GORDON, VISCOUNT KENMURE.
  7. WILLIAM MURRAY, MARQUIS OF TULLIBARDINE.
  8. SIR JOHN MACLEAN.
  9. ROB ROY MACGREGOR CAMPBELL.
  10. SIMON FRASER, LORD LOVAT.
  11. END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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