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	Henry Hawley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With this regiment he served at Sheriffmuir in 1715, where he was wounded.
		This, however, did not cost him his command, for the Duke of Cumberland, who was soon afterwards sent north, was captain-general.
		Under Cumberland's orders Hawley led the cavalry in the campaign of Culloden, and at that battle his dragoons distinguished themselves by their ruthless butchery of the fugitive rebels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Hawley (344 words)

	Scottish Battles of Perthshire Scotland
		Battle of Methven : 1306 - Robert I (Robert the Bruce) was defeated at Methven shortly after his coronation at Scone by the Earl of Pembroke in the early stages of his long campaign to have himself recognised as rightful king of Scotland and to ensure full and lasting Scottish independence.
		Battle of Killiecrankie : 27th July 1689 - During the first Jacobite uprising against the appointment of William of Orange as King of both Scotland and England, General Hugh Mackay attempted to move a column of 4000 Government / Williamite infantry through the Pass of Killiecrankie to occupy Blair Castle.
		Battle of Sheriffmuir : 13th November 1715 - Government Hanoverian forces under the Duke of Argyll met the Jacobite army of the Earl of Mar on the Ochill Hills above Dunblane.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /about3.htm (779 words)

	1715 jacobite rising : battle of sheriffmuir : 18th century warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Battle was joined as soon as the two armies came within range, On Argyll's right the Highland infantry, although in confusion, opened the attack on their equally ill-prepared opponents.
		General Whitham, commanding the Government's left flank, could not see what was happening on Argyll's flank, all sight of it was obscured by the smoke of battle and a cloud of Highlanders pouring through the centre of the Government army, he could only think that the entire army had been defeated.
		Although the battle was inconclusive from a tactical point of view, strategically the Government forces had achieved their object and Mar had failed.
	www.horseandmusket.co.uk /sheriffmuir.htm (1837 words)

	The Battle of Sheriffmuir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		John Cameron, XVIII Captain and Chief of Clan Cameron led the men of Clan Cameron at Sheriffmuir.
		The Jacobite troops which were intended to comprise the left wing (among which were the Camerons) which were hastening uphill to the higher ground of Sheriffmuir in four columns of march were suddenly confronted by the right wing of the Hanoverian army.
		For all practical purposes, "The '15" ended on the field at Sheriffmuir, though there were minor skirmishes afterwards.
	www.clan-cameron.org /battles/1715.html (452 words)

	Great Places to Stay - Bouzy Rouge at the Sheriffmuir Inn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bouzy Rouge at Sheriffmuir attracts family groups, especially for Sunday lunch and they are well catered for with platters of hand-cut chips, potato wedges, and char grilled chicken.
		Sheriffmuir on the edge of the Ochil Hills is a stunningly beautiful part of the Perthshire.
		Imagine the scene: Sheriffmuir, an eerily desolate moor, it was here on 13 November 1715 that a battle was fought between the Jacobites, under the Earl of Mar against the Hanoverian force led by the Duke of Argyll, who was determined to prevent the Jacobites reaching the River Forth.
	www.rampantscotland.com /stay/bldev_stay_sheriffmuir.htm (959 words)

	Clan MacRae Society of N.A. - Historic Places
		Clan MacRae participated in the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
		He survived the battles and the destruction of Eilean Donan Castle, and died on the Island of Lewis in 1740.
		The men who died during this rising are memorialized at Sheriffmuir on a cairn dedicated by Clan MacRae in the 1920's (shown in the photo on the right).
	www.macrae.org /historic_places_sheriffmuir.htm (150 words)

	Am Baile - Gathering Stone, Sheriffmuir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Duke of Argyll is said to have stood at the Gathering Stone to watch the Jacobite army gather for the battle.
		Argyll won the battle on propaganda terms, there was a faltering of support for the Jacobites and the rebellion disintegrated.
		This illustration is taken from 'The Battle of Sheriffmuir' by 'an FSA Scot' (i.e.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration_print.jsp?item_id=10867 (146 words)

	Sheriff Muir
		There are a number of ballads on this battle, which was won by neither side, though practically the results of victory remained with the King's forces.
		[1972:] The battle of Sheriffmuir was fought in November 1715 between adherents of the exiled Stuart King James VIII and III, and a 'Whig' army defending the Hanoverian interest.
		It may have been considered suitable, on the other hand, because the Battle of Sheriffmuir was an absurd mutual rout in which large parts of both armies fled in confusion.
	mysongbook.de /msb/songs/s/sheriffm.html (991 words)

	Battle of Culloden Moor, Scotland 1746 - Battle Background
		In 1715, yet another attempt on his behalf was made by the Earl of Mar which resulted in the battle of Sheriffmuir.
		He was a brutal man, full of confidence, known for his cruel and heartless methods, and although somewhat inexperienced himself, commanded the Hanoverian Army.
		After the battle of Culloden he would become known in the highlands as 'The Butcher'- a reflection of his barbarous treatment of wounded Jacobite men and local people following the confrontation.
	www.scottishweb.net /features/Culloden/battlebackground.htm (439 words)

	BALMAIN - LoveToKnow Article on BALMAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Johns son ARTHUR (1688-1746) who became 6th Lord Balmerino on the death of his half-brother John in January 1746, is famous as a Jacobite.
		He joined the partisans of James Edward, the Old Pretender, after the battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715, and then lived for some time in exile, returning to Scotland in 1733 when his father, had secured for him a pardon.
		He was one of the first to join Charles Edward in 1745; he marched with the Jacobites to Derby, fought at Falkirk and was captured at Culloden..
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BALMAIN.htm (600 words)

	The Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It's not just the physical remains of the battles which are important, but also the visual amenity of sites such as Sheriffmuir.
		Sheriffmuir, and it will take some time for the whole process to be concluded.
		The battle of Sheriffmuir, which has its 290th anniversary this Sunday, was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rebellion in England and Scotland.
	www.theherald.co.uk /news/50528.html (653 words)

	Notes on the Marquis of Huntly's Retreat
		This battle was one of three important military engagements in the First Jacobite Rebellion in support of the Old Pretender, James, son of the deposed James II (a Stuart and so potentially heir to both the English and Scottish thrones).
		As one of the most important engagements of the First Jacobite Rebellion, the Battle of Sheriffmuir is the subject of several ballads besides "Huntly".
		That the enemies at Sheriffmuir are fellow Scots is minimized or elided and becomes epitomized in the person of the Duke of Argyle.
	www3.telus.net /pollock/huntnote.htm (2383 words)

	THE OLD MANSE - BED and BREAKFAST
		The clan suffered heavy losses in 1715 at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
		Prior to the battle Eilean Donan Castle was bombarded by naval Frigates, as was the old church at Clachan Duich.
		The battle of Glen Shiel was the last battle on British soil involving foreign troops.
	www.theoldmanse.info /page.php?domain_name=theoldmanse.info&viewpage=history (252 words)

	Battle of Sherrifmuir 1715 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Two thousand of Mar’s army had been sent with William MacKintosh of Borlum to Edinburgh so that when Argyll was confronted at Sheriffmuir on the Ochils slopes near Dunblane in Perthshire, the numbers were ten thousand to four thousand.
		The battle ended in this situation with both sides’ left flanks defeated.
		The Earl of Mar, known also as ‘Bobbing John’, lost interest in the disintegrating Rising, fled to France, and betrayed many of his Jacobite colleagues by revealing their identities.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/1715s.htm (336 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Maule Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		William de Maule fought at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, but died without issue, and it is thought that Roger de Maule, probably his brother, was the progenitor of the Maules of Panmure who were to become the principal family.
		Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure, grandson of the constable of Kildrummy, fought with the Earl of Mar at the Battle of Harlaw against the Lord of the Isles in 1411, when he was killed.
		He fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, where he was taken prisoner.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Maule_263/default.php (623 words)

	Tune Histories
		Two hundred of the Clan MacRae at the same battle, involved in the defeat of the left wing, and, not being used to retreat, stood their ground and were surrounded.
		Donald of Lagan was born in 1543, succeeded to Glengarry in 1574, and died, aged 102, on 2nd February, 1645, the day of the battle of Inverlochy.
		This Piobaireachd commemorates the indecisive battle fought on t3th November, 1715, between the Jacobite forces under the Earl of Mar and the Hanoverians under ArgylI.
	www.piobaireachd.com /library/tunehistories/piobsochist.htm (4993 words)

	Rob Roy Way - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Battle of Sheriffmuir and raid on Falkland Palace by Rob Roy.
		Rob Roy fought with his father at the Battle of Killicrankie however following this period Donald Glas was captured and imprisoned for several years in Edinburgh.
		This was the site for the Royal Hunting seat of King Robert II of Scotland (1371 -1390), it was the Regality Court of the Lords of Atholl and also contained the adjoining prison, some of the stone still being visible on the grounds of the Logierait Hotel.
	www.robroyway.fsnet.co.uk /history.html (2969 words)

	Sheriffmuir Stone Row \| Folklore by winterjc \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Sheriffmuir Stone Row \| Folklore by winterjc
		Wallace is said to have used the stone as a gathering point for his troops (who were travelling from different parts of the Highlands) before the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
		This stone was also used as a gathering point for the Jacobite army, who had travelled from the Highlands to meet the Hanoverian troops at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
		The Battle was one of the few times in history were there was no winner - the Battle just fizzled out.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/1172 (159 words)

	The Keiths in Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		James (also called "Jacob") and the Jacobites came to ruin with their defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715.
		He was well educated by the age of 19, at which time the Stewart affair drew him into military life.
		James Keith was killed on October 11, 1759 (according to Buchan), in a battle between the towns of Bautzen and Hochkirck.
	www.vsd.cape.com /~beachbum/european.htm (1330 words)

	The Scottish Ministers' Hall of Fame
		After a violent struggle against the crown the Covenantors were finally defeated at the Battle of Sheriffmuir when 1,800 of them were brought to Edinburgh to stand trail.
		In 1688, most of the Covenantors we released when James VII was relieved of his Crown and William of Orange was proclaimed King.
		The majority of the country continued to be faithful to James until the Battle of Killiecrankie, after which the only Jacobite stronghold was on the Bass Rock.
	www.newble.co.uk /hall/bassrock.html (893 words)

	Piob. Soc. Books Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Battle of Bealach nam Brog, The Blar Bealach nam Brog 246 9
		Battle of Waterloo, The Blar Bhaterloo 324 11
		Battle of Worcester, The Blàr Vuster 455 14
	www.piobaireachd.com /library/piobsoc.htm (2426 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sheriffmuir. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Sheriffmuir.
		Don’t grieve for your losses, for worse have befallen others before now.
		The battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715, between the Jacobites and Hanoverians was very bloody; both sides sustained heavy losses, and both sides claimed the victory.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/15245.html (77 words)

	History of the Clan Macrae - Battle of Sheriffmuir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		History of the Clan Macrae - Battle of Sheriffmuir
		In the Rising of 1715 a great many Macraes fell at the battle of Sheriffmuir, and tradition relates, as a proof of the loss they then sustained, that in the parish of Kintail alone fifty-eight women were made widows on that fatal day.
		Lord Fortrose was the "Seaforth" of the time of Prince Charles, but, notwithstanding his well-known Jacobite sympathies, he considered it more prudent to remain loyal to the House of Hanover.
	mcraeclan.com /ClanHistory/Events/BattleOfSheriffmuir.htm (139 words)

	Dunning on a small group tour of Scotland
		St Serf's church in the centre of the village was rebuilt in the 19th century but the tower is early medieval (12th century) with two-light arched Anglo-Saxon windows like Muthill Church.
		Like so many Strathearn villages, Dunning was burnt after the Battle of Sheriffmuir by the retreating Jacobite army.
		A local woman, Maggie Wall, was burnt as a witch in 1657 and a monument commemorates this sad event.
	www.visitkilliecrankie.com /dunning2.htm (1009 words)

	History of Nova Scotia, Index of Dates, 1715-17.
		September, 1715: Louis the XIV, le Roi Soleil, dies and his five year old great-grandson, Louis the XV takes the throne with The Duke of Orleans as regent.
		Jacobite rising in Scotland and put down in the Battle of Sheriffmuir on November, 1715.
		Indians at Cape Sable seize, in 1715, 27 New England fishing vessels for which the Massachusetts government eventually negotiated a release.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/Dates/1715-17.htm (308 words)

	Stonehaven, The History
		The square Town House was built in 1790, and the Mercat Cross in front may date from 1645, and was restored for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee visit in 1887.
		The tenth Earl Marischal supported the Jacobites at the battle of Sheriffmuir, and the Pretender to the Scottish Crown spent Chrsitmas 1715 at the Earl's house of Fetteresso.
		Both escaped to exile and the castle was forfeit to the Crown in 1716.
	www.mearns.org.uk /stonehaven/history.htm (372 words)

	History of the Clan Macrae
		About the time of the battle of Sheriffmuir there lived in Kintail a certain Maurice Macrae, known as Muireach Fial (Maurice the Generous).
		He was a man of some means, and lent money to the Chisholm of Strathglass, in return for which he received certain grazing rights on the lands of Affric.
		It was a cold day, and as Murdoch, who was asked to replenish the fire, was in the act of breaking up an old disused settle for fuel, he found concealed in it the parchment bond of the above-mentioned agreement between the Chisholm and Muireach Fial.
	mcraeclan.com /clanhistory/Topics/TraditionAboutMuireachFial-c22.htm (529 words)

	Ormiclate Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		According to tradition the new house took seven years to build and the couple spent seven happy years within its walls until Allan left to join the Earl of Mar in 1715, when he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.
		According to tradition the new chateau, or castle, which had been renowned throughout the Highlands for the generous hospitality offered by Allan and his lady, Penelope MacKenzie, was accidentally burned down on the same day on which the Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought, 13th November, 1715.
		The story runs that, the Chief and his lady being absent, the servant maids proposed to the gamekeeper, with whom they had become very familiar, that he should kill a deer for a feast.
	www.highlandconnection.org /castles/ormiclatecastle.html (410 words)

	The National Trust for Scotland \| Education Website \| Teachers resources
		He beat a government army led by a Highlander, General Hugh Mackay of Scourie, in the battle of KILLIECRANKIE on 27 July 1689, but was fatally wounded.
		It was the last major battle on Scottish or British soil.
		Irvine, the fourteenth Laird of Drum was wounded in the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 and escaped abroad.
	www.ntseducation.org.uk /teachers/jacobites.html (3627 words)

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