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

Russia and the Jacobite scare of 1725

On 15 June 1725, Russian warships and transport vessels anchored off of the Isle of Lewis while en-route to Spain. Rumours quickly spread that...

10 April

10 April 1707: Colonel Nathaniel Hooke arrived in Scotland on his second mission from Louis XIV, tasked with meeting prominent Jacobites and reconnoitring the...

9 April

9 April 1746: The Duke of Cumberland's army marched from Oldmeldrum to Banff, with the people of Turriff coming out to greet Cumberland as...

8 April

8 April 1746: After receiving reports that the level of the River Spey had subsided, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland ordered his army...

7 April

7 April 1746: Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel with the Hessian contingent left Dunkeld, crossed the River Tay and marched to Perth, where they encamped...

Lord Lovat’s Memorial to King George I

In 1724, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat wrote a letter to George I concerning the state of the Highlands in which he explained that the...

5 April

5 April 1746: With Blair Castle secured and resupplied and the Jacobites withdrawing north, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel left Moulinearn with the Hessian infantry...

4 April

4 April 1746: Charles Edward Stuart proposed that the Jacobite army concentrate its strength and march against the Duke of Cumberland's forces encamped in...

3 April

3 April 1725: In the House of Commons, Major-General George Wade, Member of Parliament for Bath, presented a Bill "for more effectual Disarming the...

Duke of Cumberland’s new platoon firing drill

While the Duke of Cumberland’s army was encamped at Aberdeen and Strathbogie in March and early April 1746, Cumberland and Major-General Humphrey Bland, the...

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