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This is a brilliant site run by Noel McFerran from Canada. it is full of fascinating facts about the Jacobites.
Follow the journey that could have changed the course of British history
This is BBC site. It's a bit of fun and great for the kids.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Prince Charlie is here!
The Royal Stuart Society was founded in 1926 and is open to all who have an interest in the Royal House of Stuart
Alliance France-Ecosse strives to preserve the spirit of the Auld Alliance (the Franco-Scottish treaty signed in 1295) by promoting friendly, cultural and economical exchange between our two nations.
Mainly concerned with the Rising of 1715
Sponsor a Stone on the Culloden Walk
On 16th April 1746, Government forces led by the Duke of Cumberland defeated the army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and ended hopes of restoring the Stuarts to the British throne.
The battle staged on open moorland, saw a decisive victory for the 9000 strong Government army. Within one hour, the 5000 hungry and exhausted Jacobite soldiers were defeated and the rising crushed.
The National Trust for Scotland is now the custodian of this internationally significant site. As part of the 2007 Highland Year of Culture, the Trust will open a brand new Visitor Centre explaining a complex story in a balanced way, allowing visitors to draw their own conclusions about the rising, the battle and its consequences.
The Culloden Stones are made from finest quality Caithness stone, quarried from the north of Scotland. They are individually engraved and hand finished with an appropriate message of your choice. These stones will last for many years to come and allow a strong bond with one of the most significant battlefield sites in history.
Your stones will be laid in the Culloden Walk pathway alongside those of others from around the world. The Walk will be located in the approach to the Visitor Centre, a lasting reminder to all who visit and those who have contributed to such a symbolic heritage site.
Each stone will have its own Certificate of Authenticity mailed to you with your inscription so that you can frame it or give it to a friend or family as an excellent gift.
(Text & graphic regarding Culloden Stones is courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland)
At the 1745 Association Council meeting on Friday 27 Oct 2006 a decision was made to sponsor a stone on the Culloden Walk. The stone will be a "Chieftan" Stone. These are pre-inscribed with the word "Culloden" in either English or Gaelic. The additional wording is limited to three lines of up to 14 characters (including spaces) each. At the Council meeting on 23 February 2007 it was decided that the wording on the stone will be
The 1745
Association
Remember
Feb 25 2007
The Analysis of the Battle of Prestonpans by Dr Christopher Duffy is now complete and can be read on the Prestonpans Dream website at Battlefield Analysis
Below is a press cutting from the East Lothian Courier of 29 June 2007 describing recent events at Prestonpans. Lots more news and press articleson the Prestonpans Dream website. The cutting refers to the "battle bing" I need educating here. That's an expression new to me.
BONNIE Prince Charlie gave his seal of approval to the new Battle of Prestonpans Visitor Centre at Meadowmill, which opened on Saturday.
Played by actor and Battle scholar Arran Johnson – from Derby, where the real ‘Young Pretender’ and his Jacobite army reached in December 1745 on his march to claim the English throne before returning north – he was joined by local volunteers who will man the centre over the summer. The centre is the initiative of the Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust, which is campaigning to safeguard and interpret the site of the famous 1745 battle.Other than a commemorative cairn, there is very little in the area to signify that such an important battle took place. A portacabin in the car park at Meadowmill Sports Centre provides information on the battle, the Jacobite cause, and details of the work and aims of the Battle Trust. The Trust aims to raise funds to create a permanent £7 million centre at the adjacent ‘battle bing’ with the new structure a temporary solution until the end of September.
Battle Trustee and local SNP councillor, Peter Mackenzie, a former teacher who initiated historic walks around the site in 2000, was pleased the project was finally getting off the ground. He said: “It’s great to see the centre up and running and the project is gaining momentum due to the hard work of the Trustees and volunteers. “I started meeting people and touring the site seven years ago, but this is the start of a more permanent and fitting commemoration of this important battle.”
The centre will be open at weekends between 11am and 3pm and will be staffed entirely by volunteers and supporters of the battle campaign. It will also play a key role in the celebrations taking place over the weekend of the 262nd anniversary of the battle on September 21.
A number of re-enactments involving enthusiasts from all over the UK and beyond are being planned as well as a range of other community events.
To celebrate the opening of the temporary visitor centre, a Jacobite standard is flying above the ‘battle bing’, and is clearly visible from the nearby A1.
This website is a collection of scans of autograph material that relate to the Jacobite diplomatic and military campaigns from 1688 to 1746. I am sorry to say I do not know the name of the author so cannot give that information. There are links from the page to other sources of information notably that of Guelph University, Ontario. Not all the links work and as the site is outside my control I have no ability to fix them.
In The Steps of the '45 from Scottish Mist.com
Scottishmist.com is a series of Scottish Cultural and Historical topics.
Crann Tara derives from the Gaelic for Fiery Cross, the history behind the name and the symbol, it was decided, would be appropriate in the use as the group name. Crann Tara's aims and objectives include preserving the history, culture and heritage of Scotland
Visited by Association members on the 2007 Gathering
Culloden Memorial, Knoydart Nova Scotia
This is an interesting one and completely new to me
Ascanius, or The Young Adventurer. Best Selling book of the18th and 19th Century
Lyon in Mourning. A collection of Speeches, Letters Journals etc Relative to the Affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart by the Rev. Robert Forbes. Edited by Henry Paton
Transactions in Scotland in The Years 1715-16 and 1745-46 by George Charles. Published Stirling 1817
Jacobite Memoirs Edited from the manuscripts of the late Right Rev. Robert Forbes by Robert Chambers (Edinburgh 1834)
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles 1713- 1783 by Lord Mahon (Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1853) You may wish to start at p205 which is where this link should take you if I have done it correctly
"The Thomas Bell Library.": The catalogue of 15000 volumes of scarce & curious printed books Pages 201-231 are of Jacobite interest
Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart: (count of Albany) Commonly Called the Young Pretender by Charles Louis Klose (Punlished by Henry Colburn 1845)
The History of Scotland: from the earliest period to the present time by Robert Chambers (Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1832
Historical
Papers Relating to the Jacobite Period, 1699-1750, v. 1
edited by James Allardyce
Historical
Papers Relating to the Jacobite Period, 1699-1750, v. 2
edited by James Allardyce
History
of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second
by Charles James Fox
Albemarle
Papers
Genuine
and True Journal of the Most Miraculous Escape of the Young Chevalier
by John Burton
History
of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745
by John Home
History
of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745, 1746, v. 1
by Robert Chambers
History
of the Reign of James the Second
by Gilbert Burnet
History
of the Revolution in England in 1688
by James Mackintosh
Jacobite
Correspondence of the Atholl Family
edited by John Hill Burton
Jacobite
Episode in Scottish History and its Relative Literature
by W. Willmott Dixon
Jacobite
Stronghold of the Church: Being the Story of Old St. Paul's, Edinburgh
by Mary E. Ingram
James
II
by F.C. Turner
James
II and His Wives
by Allan Fea
Magdalen
College and King James II
Memoirs
of James II
edited by A. Lytton Sells
Memoirs
of Prince Charles Stuart, v. 1
by Karl Ludwig Klose
Memoirs
of Prince Charles Stuart, v. 2
by Karl Ludwig Klose
Memoirs
of the Chevalier de Johnstone, v. 1
by James Johnstone, Chevalier de Johnstone
Memoirs
of the Chevalier de Johnstone, v. 2
by James Johnstone, Chevalier de Johnstone
Memoirs
of the Chevalier de Johnstone, v. 3
by James Johnstone, Chevalier de Johnstone
Memoirs
of the Insurrection in Scotland in 1715
by John Sinclair
Memoirs
of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, v. 1
by Grace Wharton (Mrs. Thomson)
Memoirs
of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, v. 3
by Grace Wharton (Mrs. Thomson)
Memoirs
of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, v. 2
by Grace Wharton (Mrs. Thomson)
My
Sword for Sarsfield: A Story of the Jacobite War in Ireland
edited by Randal William McDonnell
News
Letters of 1715-16
edited by Archibald Francis Steuart
Parochial Registers of Saint Germain-en-Laye, v. 1
Parochial Registers of Saint Germain-en-Laye, v. 2
Pickle
the Spy
by Andrew Lang
Queen
Mary of Modena, Her Life and Letters
by Martin Haile
Remarks
on the Speeches of William Paul ... and John Hall ... Executed at Tyburn
... 1716
by Daniel Defoe
Sermon
Preached on the Occasion of the Present Rebellion in Scotland
by Thomas Secker
Short
Account of the Affairs of Scotland in the Years 1744, 1745, 1746
by David Wemyss, Lord Elcho
The
English Court in Exile: James II at Saint-Germain
by Edwin Sharpe Grew
The Myth of the Jacobite Clans by Murray G.H. Pittock
Trial of Simon, Lord Lovat, of the '45
Two
Chapters of Irish History: 1. The Irish Parliament of James II; 2. The
Alleged Violation of the Treaty of Limerick
by Thomas Dunbar Ingram
Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner
by Philip Doddridge
by H.R. Duff
by
by
This link will take you to the home page of The Gazette Look for "Historians" and click "Search the Archive" Enter the date and bingo!! eg
The following is an Extract of a Letter from Captain Duff of the Terror Bomb, dated off Coll May 19 1746
A Few Jacobite works of Fiction
| Billow
and the Rock by Harriet Martineau |
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| Glen
Desseray and Other Poems, Lyrical and Elegiac by John Campbell Shairp |
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| God
and the King by Marjorie Bowen |
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| Jacobite
Exile by G.A. Henty |
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| White
Cockade; or, Faith and Fortitude by James Grant
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Videos & DVDs you might like to buy
Culloden, Peter Watkins BBC 1964 (Amazon link)
Filmed in a documentary style manner and broadcast by the BBC in December 1964. It portrays a fairly accurate account of the conflict. The narration in the way of a news report by a television crew, gives an added feel and good historical account of the battle and the following genocide committed in the Highlands by British government troops.
There are some video clips on YouTube that you may find of interest (Click 'back' button to return to this website)
Culloden (Battlefield Britain)
Culloden (NTS Video Trailer)
Bonnie Prince Charlie Parade Derby
Publications by The 1745 Association and its Members
Jacobite Legacy ISBN: 1 872350 68 2 by Martin Kelvin |
The Scottish Pistol: Its History, Manufacture and Design |
 Walking with Charlie: In the Footsteps of the '45 by Steve Lord ISBN: 0954442008 |
No Quarter Given The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46 Editors: Christian Aikman, Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil and Betty Stuart Hart, ISBN: 1903238021 Publisher: Neil Wilson |
The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising by Christopher Duffy |
A Digest of the Jacobite Clubs by F. Peter Lole Publisher: Royal Stuart Society (Publication LV) |
Lady Nithsdale and the Jacobites by Flora Maxwell Stuart |
The Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry by Norman H. MacDonald
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A Jacobite Anthology Published on behalf of The 1745 Association to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the landing of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland. (out of print) |
The Jacobite Dictionary
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THE MacCRIMMON PIPERS OF SKYE: A Tradition Under Siege
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Here are a few newspaper articles from "The Times". Suggestions for additions, from any newspaper, are very welcome. Please try to keep them very interesting or up to date or both.
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Are these two portraits of the same man? |
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Culloden Visitor Centre Daily Telegraph
Article from Canadian Press on marriage of Mr Peter Phillips
BBC Bonnie Prince Charlie Links
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