Residents in "one of the most unspoilt areas of the west coast of Scotland" are in the running to take over the pub ...

Clan MacLeod is closely linked to the Isle of Skye, with its name meaning ‘son of Leod’. The clan has two main branches: the ...

The Battle of Culloden was the end of the Jacobite dream Discover how Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s army was crushed on that fateful day in 1746 ...

Nevertheless, with the Country Party held in low esteem, Jacobites were the leaders of national sentiment after 1707. An attempted rising in 1708 had been unsuccessful. Bad weather and the Royal ...

Scotland's History Union and Jacobites The 1715 Jacobite Rising The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page ...

Led by Viscount Dundee (formerly John Graham of Claverhouse) the rising in support of James VII was the first of the Jacobite risings. Despite winning the battle, Dundee was killed and the rising ...

In doing so, they are "willing to rubbish their own patriotic heritage". The Jacobite rising had "nothing to do with 'freedom and independence for Scotland'", Tombs said, and many Scots were "much ...

In 1715, there was an attempted rising by Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchy. This became known as 'the 15.' Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and from 1707 they were ...