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

24 March

24 March 1746: After being ordered by the Duke of Cumberland to relieve Blair Castle, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Major-General John Lindsay, Earl...

23 March

23 March 1746: Lieutenant-Colonel Haudring with an advance party of British dragoons and Hessian hussars clashed with Jacobite forces under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Mercer at...

20 March

20 March 1746: A Jacobite force under the Duke of Perth crossed the Dornoch Firth and attacked and scattered the Earl of Loudoun's army...

18 March

18 March 1689: The Earl of Leven's Regiment of Foot (later the King's Own Scottish Borderers) was raised in Edinburgh by Act of the...

17 March

17 March 1746: A Jacobite force under Lord George Murray began the siege of Blair Castle. Blair was the seat of Lord George’s pro-Hanoverian...

15 March

15 March 1708: Comte de Forbin’s French invasion fleet carrying James Francis Edward Stuart arrived off the Moray Firth after being prevented from landing...

14 March

14 March 1746: Lord George Murray with the Jacobite Atholl Brigade left Inverness and marched south heading for Atholl. The plan was to attack...

12 March

12 March 1689: The deposed James VII and II landed at Kinsale in Ireland from France, marking the beginning of the Williamite War which...

11 March

11 March 1708: With a French fleet carrying James Francis Edward Stuart sailing for Scotland, Queen Anne vetoed the Scottish Militia Bill. Anne withheld...

8 March

8 March 1702: The death at Kensington Palace of William III and II. William died of pneumonia, which arose as a complication from a...

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