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13th July 13, 10:26 AM
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A little bit of historical help (Stewart of Atholl)
EDIT: This might be better in the 'Clan' forum. Shift it if it would, please!
My own family are Frasers and Grays (not the northern or Skibo Grays, but the southern Grays or MacGlashans, a sept of Stewart of Atholl). I live very near Clan Fraser country in Beauly and Strathglass, so I know the Clan Fraser of Lovat and its history very well. I am a bit of an enthusiast about the '15 and the '45. I was looking into the Stewarts of Atholl. As I am a Scot this is very embarrassing, but it's not altogether clear - Blair Castle was held for James in the '15, in the '45 the Duke of the time supported the Hanoverians, but the Marquess of Tullibardine was a Jacobite and raised the surrounding Athollmen for the Jacobite Army. I'm really asking about the composition of the Atholl Brigade - the 500 Athollmen who were on the field of Culloden. The Sobieski Stuarts, in describing the Atholl tartan as 'a relic of the '45' seem to suggest that Stewarts of Atholl were on the field, as does Frank Adam, but the stone at Culloden itself from my memory only mentions Robertsons and Murrays (the family name of the Duke of Atholl). Is anyone more knowledgeable in half of my ancestry than I? Is it fanciful to imagine my ancestors might well have been there?
Last edited by Jacobite Laddie; 13th July 13 at 10:42 AM.
Reason: See under 'Edit' in scarlet.
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