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Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families National Library of Scotland llllllllllllll *B000014731* Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from National Library of Scotland http://www.archive.org/details/chroniclesofatv31908atho ATHOLL CHRONICLES CHRONICLES OF THE ATHOLL AND TULLIBARDINE FAMILIES COLLECTED AND ARRANGED By JOHN, SEVENTH DUKE OF ATHOLL, K.T. IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME III EDINBURGH PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS 1908 NOTE The " firstfour volumes of the " Chronicles were issued in 1 896. In they 1907 were revised and, by the addition of a fifth volume, continued to the end of 1 906. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME THE THIRD PAGE LORD GEORGE MURRAY ..... 4 s 6™ Son of 1 .T Duke of Atholl AMELIA MURRAY ...... 4 Wife of Lord George Murray KD JOHN, 3 LORD NAIRNE . .15 PLAN OF THE SKIRMISH AT CLIFTON . .113 LORD JOHN MURRAY . 37 o s 8™ Son of 1 .T Duke of Atholl JOHN MURRAY 412 Afterwards 3*? Duke of Atholl, K.T., Eldest Son of Lord George Murray LADY CHARLOTTE MURRAY . .413 n Daughter of 2 .? Duke of Atholl (succeeded as Baroness Strange, 1764), Wife of John Murray, afterwards 3^? Duke of Atholl LORD GEORGE MURRAY 6™ Son of i?? Duke of Atholl ti. 1694. d. 1760 AMELIA MURRAY Wife of Lord George Murray i. 1710. d. 1760 ATHOLL CHRONICLES Seventeen hundred and forty-five will ever be memorable as the year of the last rising in favour of the Royal House of Stuart. Thursday, July 25. — Prince Charles Edward landed at Borodale in Arisaig, accompanied by seven gentlemen, the principal of whom was William, Marquis of Tullibardine (elder brother of James, Duke of Atholl), who had been attainted after the rising of 17 15, and had not been in Scotland since the unsuccessful attempt in Glenshiel in 1 719. In the following account of this rising of 1745, the two brothers, being rival Dukes of Atholl, will, to save confusion, be described as " Duke William " and " Duke James." General Sir John Cope to Duke James. r Ed , Aug' 17"', 1745. My Lord,— I am honoured with y r Grace's letter from Blair Castle of th 1 r the 14 of Aug , wherein y Gr/ has been pleased to promise all the Information that can be procured, and every assistance y r Gr/ can give in those places where your Interest lys. Yr Gr/s countenance will be of great use to his Majesty's Service, and that your people may be employed in the most effectual manner, I would humbly propose to y r Gr/ that they should be enlisted to serve with His Majesty's Troops for three months only, and not to serve anywhere but in Scotland. These two considera- 6 CHRONICLES OF THE FAMILIES 1745 tions I hope will be an Inducement, and the capitulation I promise shall be strictly observed, and for which they shall have all the security can be desired. I have the honour to be, with great tespect, My Lord, Yr Gr/s most obed 1 Humble Servant N0 J Cope. Duke James to General Sir John Cope. Blair Castle, Aug. 17, 1745, 8 a clock. Having got a violent inflamation in one of my eyes, you must excuse my writting to you in my own hand. I have had several accounts this day relating to the invasion. The 1 first was from a Gentleman, one Robertson of Woodsheal, in Rannoch, who tells me that he mett with a man on Thursday of the name of Cameron who was endeavouring to seduce severall of the inhabitants of Rannoch in to the service of the Invaders, threatning upon refusall to set fire to their houses and lay waste all about them. The second is the enclosed letter from M c Pherson, Barack master, Ruthven. Att the same time I received the enclosed letter from the Ld President, and lastly the two Macdonalds came to me with the enclosed letter from Alexr Macdonell of Keppoch, head of a particular Clan of the Macdonalds, who has severall followers ; and since I have had an account, but I cannot assert it with any truth, that two companies of the King's Troops wer made prisoners; this report is not to be much relied upon. You have here enclosed the information of the Macdonalds and Keppoch's originall letter wrote to them, to which I refer you. As you see by M c Phersoft's letter that the enemy pitch their standard on Monday, I should imagine ther was no time to be lost in guarding the passes, and as this is one of the most considerable into the low countries, I would submitt it whether it was not necessary to march a body of troops this way, as so many attempts have been made in my neighbour- hood to seduce the people, and as this country is entirely unprovided with all sort of arms, it is impossible to answer what effect force may have to induce a defencless people. I shall expect your answer, which 1 Woodsheal is in Glengarry. Duke James meant that Robertson of Woodsheal was in Rannoch when he wrote. 1745 OF ATHOLL AND TULLIBARDINE 7 will enable me to proceed in the most proper method. If ther were two or three hundred arms sent here, with a few of the Regular Troops, it might be a means to preserve this country, and to prevent detachments of c the Rebels from marching thro' it. I am, & . ATHOLL. N.B. —That Robertson of Woodsheal is constantly with Struan, and it is to be hoped Struan will not embark in this affair. I have thought proper to enclose you Commissary Bissett's remarks 1 upon the affair of 171 5. Information of fohn MacDonald, Younger of Dalchosnie in Bun- Rannoch, of Captain fohn Murray's Company?1 That upon Thursday the 15 th August currant Cameron of Kinloch- leven, Cameron of Blairchierr, 3 Cameron of Blairmackalt, 3 Cameron of 3 Glennevis, Cameron (alias Macalswte ) of Strone, heads of the several tribes of the name of Cameron, came from Lochiel's country and entered Rannoch with a party of their servants and followers to the number of above 24, and went from house to house on both sides of Loch Rannoch, the North side belonging to Sir Robert Menzies, and the South side to Struan Robertson, and intimate to all the Camerons, which are pretty numerous on both sides the said Loch, that if they did not forthwith go alongs with them, they would that instant proceed to burn all their houses and hough their cattle. Wherupon they carried off of the Rannoch men about one hundred, mostly of the name of Cameron, amongst which there were nine of the Recruits that were listed by him, the informer, for Captain Murray's company, and had been duly attested—to wit, Archibald r r Campbell, Duncan Cameron, Angus Cameron, sen , John Cameron, sen , r r Dougal Campbell, John Cameron, jun , Alex Cameron, Duncan Cameron r and Angus Cameron, jun . Likewise that there was an express sent from th Alexander MacDonell of Keppoch, who, Thursday the 15 , intimate to Alexr MacDonald of Dalchosnie, the informer's Father, and to Alex r MacDonald in Drumchastle, both on the Duke of Atholl's lands of Bun- Rannoch, that if they did not immediately go and join him, Keppoch, they would be proceeded against with burning and houghing as above, and the same messenger that made this intimation, at the same time delivered 1 Public Record Office, London. 2 Of Lord Loudoun's Highland Regiment. 8 Have been unable to identify these names.—(A.) — 8 CHRONICLES OF THE FAMILIES 1745 them, Alexr MacDonald of Dalchosnie and Alexr MacDonald in Drum- charry, a letter directed to them from Keppoch requiring them to be at th his house upon business of importance upon Friday the 16 . Signed at Blair Castle the 17 th of Aug1 1745. John MacDonald. 1 Monday, August 19. —The royal standard was raised at Glen Finnan on Loch Shiel by Lord Tullibardine, and the same day a considerable number of the neighbouring High- landers joined the Prince. Tuesday, August 20. — Sir John Cope wrote from Crieff to Lord Tweeddale, the Secretary of State, mentioning that Duke James had moved from Blair to Dunkeld, not thinking himself safe at the former place. 1 From the following letter, written by Lord George Murray to the Lord Advocate, it appears that at this date Lord George entertained no idea of joining Prince Charles. Lord George Murray to the Lord Advocate. Dunkeld, 20 Aug. 1745. My Lord,— I wrote to you this day by the Perth Post. I now, (as I know it will be acceptable to your LoP to hear anything of moment,) I send you this by express to let you know that this night about 9 a clock Glengarry came here to wait upon my brother, as he had given him assurances he would upon this critical occasion, and wee all go tomorrow morning to Crieff to wait upon the General. Your LoP will have much better intelligence of what passes in the North than I can pretend to give you. What Glengarry tells us is this That Lochiel and Keppoch attackt the two companies of the Royal betwixt Fort Augustus and Fort William ; there were 4 or 5 private men of the Regular Troops killed, and the rest, being 82, taken prisoners. Captn Scott was slightly wounded in the top of the shoulder; But they have not attempted anything against Fort William or Fort Augustus, and Glengarry is positive they neither will nor can.
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