No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46

311 Pages·2001·5.43 MB·English

by  Christian Aikman

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The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army, 1745-46
EDITORS
Alastair Livingstone
of Bachuil
Christian W. H. Aikman
and
Betty Stuart Hart
FOREWORD
Sir Donald Cameronof Lochiel, ..
INTRODUCTION
Professor Bruce P. Lenman, St Andrews University
NEIL WILSON PUBLISHING. GLASGOW
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First published by
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Contents
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Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, K.T. vii
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    xii
   xiii
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The Jacobite Army and its Achievements
Bruce P. Lenman, University of St Andrews xvii
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Appin (Stewarts of Appin) 11
Atholl Brigade 19
Bannerman of Elsick’s 32
Cameron of Lochiel’s 34
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FitzJames’ Horse 40
Hussars 43
Kilmarnock’sHorse 46
The Lifeguards (Elcho’s Troop: Balmerino’s Troop) 50
Perthshire Horse (Strathallan’s) 55
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Pitsligo’s Horse 59
Chisholm of Strathglass’ 63
Duke of Perth’s 65
Earl of Cromartie’s 78
Ecossais Royale 88
Forfarshire (Ogilvy’s) 93
Frasers of Lovat 116
Gordon of Glenbucket’s 123
Lord Lewis Gordon’s 129
Grants of Glenmoriston (see MacDonell of Glengarry’s)
Grante’s Artillery 136
Irish Piquets 139
MacDonald of Clanranald’s 145
MacDonald of Glencoe’s 152
MacDonell of Glengarry’s (including Grants of Glenmoriston) 155
MacDonell of Keppoch’s 168
MacGregor’s 174
MacKinnon’s 178
LadyMacKintosh’s 182
MacLachlan’s 189
MacLean’s 192
MacLeod of Raasay’s 194
MacPherson of Cluny’s 196
Manchester 205
Monaltrie’s and Balmoral 211
John Roy Stuart’s (Edinburgh) 215
Stoneywood’s(Aberdeen) 220
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Members of the Prince’s Army who were
Executed or Hanged after the Rising of 1745-46 225
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Probable strength and compositionof the Prince’sArmy
at the Battles of Prestonpans, Falkirk and Culloden 229
Those of Regiments Unknown 235
INDEX 237
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Foreword
Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, K.T.
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It was a mammoth task to compile the list of and criticism levelled at the leadership and
names ofthose who were in the regiments which planning of the campaign, but all writers agree
formed the army ofPrince Charles Edward in 1745 about the courage, loyalty and self-sacrifice shown
and the full list can obviously never be complete. by those who so unquestioningly followed the
Over the last few years an immense amount of Prince. The defeat at Culloden led to the end ofthe
research has been undertaken by dedicated Clan system and to great devastation in the
members of the 1745 Association, and now the Highlands, but to all Highlanders the year of the
result of these years of research is being published rising was a chapter in their history which can
thanks to a generous grant from the Glencoe never be forgotten.
Foundation. I congratulate most warmly the compilers and
This publication will certainly be of great researchers who have worked so hard to produce
interest to historians and to many others desirous this publication, and I know that those of us whose
of knowing more about the composition of the ancestors put loyalty to the Stuart cause before any
Prince’s Army. More and more descendants of other consideration owe them a great debt of
Highlanders, especially those now living overseas, gratitude for their work. I hope this book will get
are searching for their roots and it may be that a the wide circulation and support that it deserves.
name in this list might fit into their family tree or Since the above foreword was written in 1984,
perhaps provide a link that has evaded their this book has proved so popular that another
research till now. edition has become necessary. This includes a
The references which are given alongside each substantial number of additional names and a few
name could be invaluable for those who wish to corrections have also been made. The Muster Roll
conduct further research into the background or is now more complete and accurate and I commend
life of a particular person or wishs for further this latest edition to all those who are interested in
information about the family to which their the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and who do not already
forebears belonged. have a copy of the original edition.
Much has been written about the ’45, argument
has raged about the decision to turn back at Derby,
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Acknowledgements
The idea ofcompiling a muster roll ofthe army he had spent over thirty years amassing material for
of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in the years an exhaustive work and had been eventually forced
1745-46 was first conceived by one of our to the decision that ‘it seemed better to write
members, the late Dr. Kenneth Mackie. He was something now than everything never’.
engaged on this task with a great deal of research On the basis of this philosophy the Association
still to undertake when he died in a tragic drowning charged me as Chairman together with our
accident in 1948. Subsequently his incomplete Honorary Secretary, Miss Christian W. H. Aikman
manuscripts were kindly gifted to the 1745 and her predecessor, Mrs Betty S. Hart, to form an
Association by his widow. Over the years various editorial committee and to find ways and means of
members, notably Col. I. Cameron Taylor, Mr. C. preparing the work for publication. Dr Mackie had
G. Warner and the Rev. J. Greig have worked on collated from the sources shown in this book names
the manuscripts but much remained to be done. of persons who had taken part in the ’45 and had
Two main obstacles stood in the way of arranged them as far as possible under their
publication, firstly lack of funds and secondly lack appropriate regiment or unit. These terms are used
of members both qualified and with sufficient loosely and interchangeably and it should be noted
leisure to undertake the research necessary to that strengths varied from forty men upwards.
produce a work worthy of the Association. Lists of names have been cursorily checked and
In 1979 through the good offices of Mr. Ellice in certain cases have been augmented where
MacDonald, the Glencoe Foundation Inc. of the additional information has been discovered during
United States made us a generous grant towards research. If any readers can produce any fully
the cost of publication. This handsome gesture documented additions or amendments to these
gave us the catalyst we needed and some more work lists, the Association would be glad to have them.
was done on the manuscripts. In 19s82 a decision No consistency in the spelling of place names or
was made to publish the work ‘warts and all’. Very personal names has been attempted but where
much in my mind at that time was a wise dictum of there is an accepted modern spelling this has been
one of our patrons, Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk. used, e.g. ‘Ardsheal’ instead of the old ‘Ardshiel’.
In his book, The Highland Clanshe describes how No significance should be attached to whether the
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