Neil Ritchie

Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of JacobiteWars.com. Neil has a keen interest in the military history of Scotland and in particular the military history of the Civil Wars and the Jacobite Risings. He is also the editor of other online publications covering military history and defence matters. Neil can be found on Bluesky: @neilritchie.bsky.social

28 April

28 April 1719: Two weeks after the arrival of the Spanish-Jacobite expedition in Kintail, 2,000 muskets and broadswords, which were to arm the Jacobite...

24 April

24 April 1725: Major-General George Wade, Member of Parliament for Bath, was appointed to take over from Lieutenant-General George Carpenter as commander-in-chief in Scotland....

Lord George Murray’s letter to Charles Edward Stuart after Culloden

On 17 April 1746, the remnants of the Jacobite army which had been defeated by the Duke of Cumberland's government forces at Culloden the...

17 April

17 April 1746: Charles Edward Stuart arrived at Invergarry Castle, while the remnants of the Jacobite army defeated at Culloden the previous day began...

16 April

16 April 1746: Charles Edward Stuart’s Jacobite army was decisively defeated by the Duke of Cumberland’s government army at the Battle of Culloden, outside...

15 April

15 April 1746: The Duke of Cumberland's army remained at Nairn for his 25th birthday. Extra allowances were given to the soldiers for the...

14 April

14 April 1746: The Duke of Cumberland's army marched from the camp at Alves to Nairn. Commodore Thomas Smith's supporting warships and supply vessels...

13 April

13 April 1689: In support of the deposed James VII and II, Tory laird and soldier John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, raised the...

12 April

12 April 1746: The Duke of Cumberland's army marched the 12 miles from Cullen to Fochabers. On the march near the coast, they had...

11 April

11 April 1746: The Duke of Cumberland marched from Banff to Portsoy, then to Cullen, where he was joined by the Earl of Albemarle's...

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