Kirkin' of the Tartan

[BoldHighlander]

I know you are obviousely very interested in the historical and cultural aspects of the Jacobite era in the highlands,but there are many Highland Scots who do not see those times in the same light as you do and there are many highland Scots whose ancestors fought for the Jacobite cause, who rue the day that the Stewarts ever walked this earth.Not what you want to hear,perhaps, but nevertheless true.

Aye Jock, the Mackays (for instance) were no real fans of the Stewarts, being a Protestant clan & feeling the heavy hand when the Stewarts were in charge, they went out for the House of Hanover instead.

During the '45 there were 18 Independent Companies, allocated as follows:
Macleods (Skye & Harris) - 4
Mackenzies (Earl of Seaforth) - 3
Macdonalds (Sleat) - 2
Sutherlands - 2
Mackays (Lord Reay) - 2
Grants - 1
Macleods (Assynt) - 1
Munros - 1
Rosses - 1
Town of Inverness - 1
(and lest we forget the Argyll militia & Loudon's (64th) Highlanders as well).

There were a number of clans with divided loyalties as well (Gordons & Mackintoshes amongst them).
I've once read that 1/3 of the population were Jacobite, 1/3 were supporters of the Hanoverians, and 1/3 just wanted to be left alone (this mirrors what was written about the division of the population during our own American War of Independence by the way).

And that is as political as I dare go
I now return you to the subject at hand...