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Siege of Stirling

Scotland · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1715–1746Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1715

John Campbell Argyll, 2nd1715

Stirling · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion

Holds onto Stirling to prevent the Earl of Mars forces moving south

1746

Charles Edward StewartJanuary 1746

Stirling · Warfare / Jacobite Rebellion

After turning back from Derby, for want of either any significant support from English Jacobites or a French invasion, the Jacobite Army returned to Scotland and besieged Major General Blakeney in Stirling Castle

Names involved

Charles Edward StewartJohn Campbell Argyll, 2nd

Provenance

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