Charles Edward Stuart's Targe

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The targe was on display for many years at Cluny Castle (traditional seat of Macpherson Chiefs) in Laggan, Inverness-shire. During the late 19th century, the 20th Chief of the Clan Macpherson, Ewen Macpherson of Cluny (1804-1885), affectionately known by his people in Badenoch and all over the Highlands as 'Old Cluny,' donated the targe to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh (now the National Museum of Scotland) where it can be seen on display today.

According to 'Old Cluny' and verified by Clan Macpherson historians of the time, to include the reputed Aeneas Macpherson of Strathmashie, F.S.A. Scot, the targe was one of thirteen that had been made for Prince Charles Edward Stuart and were ceremonially given by the Prince to some of his most loyal Jacobite supporters and commanders in 1745. Originally, the targe was gifted to 'Old Cluny's' grandfather, Ewan Macpherson of Cluny (Cluny of the '45), Colonel of the Macpherson contingent (Cluny's Regiment) within the Jacobite Army, by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, therefore this particular targe was never carried by the Prince at Culloden.

Super! Thank you Kyle, I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.

Yet another case of "George Washington Slept Here". Although I DID hear that he made a few stops out around British Columbia, Steve- so I think your sign is fine

I wonder what happened to the other 11...

and if Bonnie Prince Charlie really did carry one at Culloden?

As an aside, can you imagine carting around 13 of these things while at war? They must have been stacked up like pizza boxes

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