Jacobite sympathiser James Erskine, Lord Grange ( 1679-1784 ) had his wife Rachel Chiesley kidnapped and abandoned on the Monach Isles between 1732 and 1734.

Burton, a catholic and a Jacobite sympathiser, had fallen foul of Sterne's uncle, the Rev.

An attempted Jacobite invasion with Spanish assistance in 1719 met with little support from the clans and ended at the Battle of Glen Shiel.

The aftermath of the decisive Battle of Culloden, which effectively ended Jacobite hopes of a Stuart restoration, was widely felt.

The early years of the unified kingdom of Great Britain were marked by Jacobite risings which ended with defeat for the Stuart cause at Culloden in 1746.

The Jacobite threat was ended, soon after Walpole's term ended, by the defeat of the rebellion of 1745.

Charles is perhaps best known as the instigator of the unsuccessful Jacobite uprising of 1745, in which he led an insurrection to restore an absolute monarchy in the United Kingdom, which ended in defeat at the Battle of Culloden that effectively ended the Jacobite cause.

After the Jacobite Rising of 1715 ended it was evident that the most effective supporters of the Jacobites were Scottish clans in the Scottish Highlands and the Disarming Act attempted to remove this threat.

* The ' 45 refers to the 1745 Jacobite Rising in Great Britain, or the year that World War 2 ended, which was 1945.

Among the subscribers, curiously, was King George IV, who ( once the Jacobite threat to his throne had ended with the death of Cardinal Stuart in 1807 ) was an admirer of the Stuart legend.

The Williamite forces, composed of British, Dutch and Danish armies as well as troops raised in Ulster, ended Jacobite resistance by 1691, confirming the Protestant monopoly on power in Ireland.

* The term often refers to the English reneging on the Treaty of Limerick of 1691, which ended the war between the predominantly Catholic Jacobite forces and the English forces loyal to William of Orange under favourable terms for the Irish.

The defeat of the Jacobites at Dunkeld ended the Jacobite rising, but Cleland fell in the struggle from a gunshot wound to head.

This had a continuing influence on the politics of the Confederate and Jacobite supporters in Ireland until Papal recognition of the Stuarts ended in 1766.

The town grew up as a settlement next to a fort constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the English Civil War, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century.

The Williamites were not able to resume their advance until their own horsemen managed to cross the river and, after being badly mauled, managed to hold off the Jacobite cavalry until they retired and regrouped at Donore, where they once again put up stiff resistance before retiring.

As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts, from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions.

Among old castles are those of Lochslin, in the parish of Fearn, said to date from the 13th century, which, though ruinous, possesses two square towers in good preservation ; Balone, in the parish of Tarbat, once a stronghold of the Earls of Ross ; the remains of Dingwall Castle, their original seat ; and Eilean Donan in Loch Alsh, which was blown up by English warships during the abortive Jacobite rising in 1719.

He had previously been mixed up in several Jacobite plots, and in 1745 accompanied Charles Edward to Scotland, serving as aide-de-camp at the battle of Falkirk ( January 1746 ).

Until 1766 France and the Papacy remained committed to restoring the Stuarts to their British Kingdoms, and Irish soldiers in the French service fought on the Jacobite side in the Scottish Jacobite uprisings up to the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

After the death of James II in 1701, the Jacobite claim to the thrones of Scotland and England was taken up by his only surviving legitimate son, James Francis Edward Stuart ( 1688 – 1766 ).

Many of the Highland clans which had previously taken up arms for the Jacobite cause were now fighting with British forces around the world, where they played an important part in the many British victories during the war.

Though donning Highland garb for psychological effect, the Jacobite army was made up of both Highland and ( about one-third ) Lowland troops, not to mention French and Irish troops and small numbers of northern English ( a contingent which is often overlooked ).

The Jacobite general Marquis de St Ruth, after the third infantry rush on the Williamite position up to their cannons, appeared to believe that the battle could be won and was heard to shout, " they are running, we will chase them back to the gates of Dublin ".

Since it marked the end of the Irish Catholic Jacobite resistance, Aughrim was the focus of Loyalist ( particularly Orange Order ) celebrations in Ireland on 12 July up until the early 19th century.

Cumberland's artillery bombarded the Jacobite army, which was stationary and exposed, until up to a third of Charles ' men were dispersed or made casualties ( including a groom decapitated while holding Charles Edward's horse ).

The Jacobite army marched up and deployed in three lines, facing east.

Alberoni decided to meddle in the throne disputes, supporting the Jacobite claims and its Highland allies both to de-stabilise the Crown and set up a more pliant king ( and Parliament ) in its place.

As the squire was leaving, however, Mr Peebles arrived to apply for a warrant against Alan for throwing up his brief, and startled Mr Herries by recognising him as a Redgauntlet and an unpardoned Jacobite.

In the 1745 Jacobite Rising, MacInnes Clansmen took up arms on both sides.

Many of the Jacobite troops fled as the first shots were fired and up to 1500 of them were hacked down or drowned in Upper Lough Erne when pursued by the Williamite cavalry.

An initial Jacobite rising under John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee ( Bonnie Dundee ) defeated William's forces at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689, but Dundee was slain in the fighting, and the army was soon defeated at the Battle of Dunkeld.

The 1st saw service in the War of the Austrian Succession at the Battle of Fontenoy ( 1745 ), whilst the 2nd was engaged in the Second Jacobite Rising, fighting at the Battle of Falkirk and the infamous Battle of Culloden ( 1746 ), after which it returned to Ireland.

At the street fighting of the Battle of Dunkeld on 21 August, the Jacobite Highlanders were decisively defeated by the Cameronians who were led by George Munro, 1st of Auchinbowie.

They were fierce Jacobites fighting in all of the Jacobite risings.

Its statues of fighting lions and unicorns symbolise the recent end of the First Jacobite Rising.

He sold his title back to George I and took a position as a lieutenant colonel in the Jacobite forces in the Spanish army fighting England.

The Farquharsons were Jacobite sympathisers, and James Farquharson of Balmoral was involved in both the 1715 and 1745 rebellions, and was wounded at the Battle of Falkirk in 1746.

The Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the " Bonnie Prince Charlie " of legend, were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

* 1719 – Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.

* 1745 – Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Through Flora, Waverley meets Bonnie Prince Charlie, and under her influence goes over to the Jacobite side and takes part in the Battle of Prestonpans.

* July 10 – Anglo-Dutch navy defeated by the French in the Battle of Beachy Head ( also known as the Battle of Bévéziers ), giving rise to fears of a Jacobite invasion of England.

* January 17 – Battle of Falkirk: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces.

* April 16 – The Battle of Culloden, the final pitched battle fought on British soil, brings an end to the Jacobite Rising.

* December 19 The Jacobite army led by Bonnie Prince Charlie ; on retreat from Derby, was defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Clifton Moor near Penrith, Cumberland.

* July 27 – First Jacobite rising: Scottish Covenanter supporters of William and Mary ( under Hugh Mackay ) are defeated by Jacobite supporters of James II at the Battle of Killiecrankie near Pitlochry in Perthshire but the latter's leader, John Graham, Viscount Dundee, is killed.

* August 21 – First Jacobite rising: Battle of Dunkeld: Covenanters defeat the Jacobites in Scotland.

* November 13 – The indecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland.

* November 14 – Battle of Preston: Government forces defeat the Jacobite incursion at the conclusion of a five-day siege and action.

The defeat of forces loyal to William of Orange by Jacobite Highlanders at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 was due ( among other things ) to the use of the plug-bayonet ; and shortly afterwards the defeated leader, Hugh Mackay, is believed to have introduced a ring-bayonet of his own invention.

During the Jacobite Risings, in June 1746, at the age of 24, she was living on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides when Bonnie Prince Charlie took refuge there after the Battle of Culloden.

He is generally best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and as such is also known as " Butcher " Cumberland.

Forays were made before the Battle of Culloden and on the day before the battle, 15 April 1746, about 200 of the McFarquhar's Jacobite force were ambushed by pro-government Scots at the Battle of Littleferry near Golspie.