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Battle of Culloden, the Glossary

The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.^[1]

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Agriculture in Scotland

Agriculture in Scotland includes all land use for arable, horticultural or pastoral activity in Scotland, or around its coasts.

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Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch

Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch (died 1746) was a Scottish Jacobite and clan chief who took part in both the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite risings.

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Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier.

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Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod, (July 20, 1936 – April 20, 2014) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic.

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AllMovie

AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, television series, and screen actors.

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An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745

An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 is an oil painting painted by Swiss-born artist David Morier sometime between 1746 and 1765.

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Andrew Henderson (writer)

Andrew Henderson (fl. 1731 – 1775) was a Scottish writer and bookseller.

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Archaeological excavation

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.

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Argentines

Argentines are the people identified with the country of Argentina.

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Arisaig

Arisaig (Àrasaig) is a village in Lochaber, Inverness-shire.

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Atholl or Athole (Athall; Old Gaelic Athfhotla) is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in clockwise order, from north-east) Marr, Gowrie, Perth, Strathearn, Breadalbane, Lochaber, and Badenoch.

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Augustin Heckel

Augustin Heckel (1690–1770) was a painter, watch case engraver and draughtsman.

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Baronage of Scotland

In Scotland, "baron" or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, and a title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, formerly a feudal superiority (dominium directum) or prescriptive barony attached to land erected into a free barony by Crown Charter, this being the status of a minor baron, recognised by the crown as noble, but not a peer.

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Battle of Falkirk Muir

The Battle of Falkirk Muir, or Battle of Falkirk, took place near Falkirk, Scotland, on 17 January 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Battle of Culloden and Battle of Falkirk Muir are 1746 in Great Britain, 1746 in Scotland, battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, conflicts in 1746 and Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland.

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Battle of Littleferry

The Battle of Littleferry (also known as the Skirmish at Golspie) took place during the Jacobite rising in 1746, just before the Battle of Culloden. Battle of Culloden and Battle of Littleferry are 1746 in Scotland, battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and conflicts in 1746.

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Battle of Prestonpans

The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Battle of Culloden and Battle of Prestonpans are battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart and Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the BBC.

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Ben and Polly (Doctor Who)

Benjamin "Ben" Jackson and Polly, sometimes called Polly Wright in spin-off material, are fictional characters played by Michael Craze and Anneke Wills, in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Benbecula

Benbecula (Beinn nam Fadhla or Beinn na Faoghla) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland.

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Blockade

A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force.

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Brandy

Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine.

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Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor known for his trademark bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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Brown Bess

"Brown Bess" is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Canister shot

Canister shot is a kind of anti-personnel artillery ammunition.

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Carlisle

Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.

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Casualty (person)

A casualty, as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances, including death, injury, illness, missing, capture or desertion.

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Celtic rock

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.

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Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III.

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Chasing the Deer

Chasing the Deer (later re-titled Culloden 1746) is a 1994 British war film directed by Graham Holloway and starring Brian Blessed, Lewis Rae, Iain Cuthbertson, Fish and Mathew Zajac. Battle of Culloden and Chasing the Deer are Charles Edward Stuart.

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Chevalier de Johnstone

James Johnstone (1719 – c. 1791), also known as Chevalier de Johnstone or Johnstone de Moffatt, was the son of an Edinburgh merchant.

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Coehorn

A Coehorn (also spelled cohorn) is a lightweight mortar originally designed by Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn.

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Companion (Doctor Who)

In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, the term "companion" refers to a character who travels with, or shares adventures with, the Doctor.

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Counterattack

A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games".

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Crown colony

A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.

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Culloden (film)

Culloden (known as The Battle of Culloden in the U.S.) is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV.

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Culloden, Highland

Culloden (from Scottish Gaelic Cùl Lodain, "back of the small pond"; modern Gaelic Cùil Lodair) is a village east of Inverness, Scotland and the surrounding area.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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D. K. Broster

Dorothy Kathleen Broster (2 September 1877 – 7 February 1950), usually known as D. K. Broster, was an English novelist and short-story writer.

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David Morier

David Morier, (1705? –) was an Anglo-Swiss painter of portraits, military subjects and historical scenes around and after the time of the War of the Austrian Succession and the related Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Daviot Castle

Daviot Castle was a 15th-century castle, about southeast of Inverness, Highland, Scotland, and west of the River Nairn at Daviot.

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Derby

Derby is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England.

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Diana Gabaldon

Diana J. Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the ''Outlander'' series of novels.

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Dirk

A dirk is a long-bladed thrusting dagger.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.

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Docudrama

Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events.

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Donald Cameron of Lochiel

Donald Cameron of Lochiel (– 26 October 1748), popularly known as the Gentle Lochiel, was a Scottish Jacobite, soldier and hereditary chief of Clan Cameron, traditionally loyal to the exiled House of Stuart.

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Dragonfly in Amber

Dragonfly in Amber is the second book in the ''Outlander'' series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.

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Dress Act 1746

The Dress Act 1746, also known as the Disclothing Act, was part of the Act of Proscription which came into force on 1 August 1746 and made wearing "the Highland Dress" — including the kilt — by men and boys illegal in Scotland north of the Highland line running from Perth in the east to Dumbarton in the west. Battle of Culloden and Dress Act 1746 are 1746 in Great Britain, 1746 in Scotland and history of the Scottish Highlands.

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Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz.

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Duke of Argyll

Duke of Argyll (Diùc Earraghàidheil) is a title created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Encirclement

Encirclement is a military term for the situation when a force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions.

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Exile

Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose.

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Factor (Scotland)

In Scotland a factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates—sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in tenements in which several owners of individual flats contribute to the factoring of communal areas.

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Field hospital

A field hospital is a temporary hospital or mobile medical unit that takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities.

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Fish (singer)

Derek William Dick (born 25 April 1958), better known by his stage name Fish, is a Scottish singer, songwriter and occasional actor.

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Flanking maneuver

In military tactics, a flanking maneuver is a movement of an armed force around an enemy force's side, or flank, to achieve an advantageous position over it.

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Flora MacDonald

Flora MacDonald (1722 – 5 March 1790) is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746.

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Fort Augustus

Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands.

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Frank W. Wood

Francis Watson Wood (1862–1953) commenced his career as a Royal Navy officer, and was described in 1907 as "naval artist, Portsmouth".

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French privateer Bellone (1745)

Bellone, was a French privateer.

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French privateer Mars (1746)

Mars, was a French privateer.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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Geophysics

Geophysics is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle KG PC (London, 8 April 1724 – 13 October 1772), styled Viscount Bury until 1754, was a British general and nobleman.

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George Murray (general)

Lord George Murray (4 October 1694 – 11 October 1760), sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who took part in the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1719 and played a senior role in that of 1745.

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Many shapes have metaphorical names, i.e., their names are metaphors: these shapes are named after a most common object that has it.

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Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland.

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Grazing

In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other forages into meat, milk, wool and other animal products, often on land that is unsuitable for arable farming.

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Harold Coyle

Harold William "H.W." Coyle (born February 16, 1952) is an American writer and author of historical and speculative fiction and of war novels including Team Yankee, a New York Times bestseller.

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Harris, Outer Hebrides

Harris (Na Hearadh) is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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Hélia Correia

Hélia Correia (born 1949) is a Portuguese novelist, playwright, poet and translator.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

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Henry Hawley

Henry Hawley (12 January 1685 – 24 March 1759) was a British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century.

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Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746

The Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746 (20 Geo. 2. c. 43) was an Act of Parliament passed in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745 abolishing judicial rights held by Scots heritors. Battle of Culloden and Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746 are 1746 in Scotland.

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Highland charge

The Highland charge was a battlefield shock tactic used by the clans of the Scottish Highlands which incorporated the use of firearms. Battle of Culloden and Highland charge are history of the Scottish Highlands.

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Highland dress

Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland.

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Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Office and later the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

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HMS Baltimore (1742)

HMS Baltimore was a Royal Navy sloop-of-war launched in 1742, designed by and named after Lord Baltimore who at the time was a Lord of the Admiralty.

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HMS Greyhound (1741)

HMS Greyhound was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1740-41 according to the 1733 modifications of the 1719 Establishment, and in service in the West Indies, the Americas and the Caribbean.

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HMS Terror (1741)

HMS Terror was bomb vessel launched in 1741, converted to a sloop, and sold in 1754.

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Home Is the Hunter

Home Is the Hunter is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel written by Dana Kramer-Rolls.

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House of Hanover

The House of Hanover (Haus Hannover) is a European, formerly royal house with roots tracing back to the 17th century.

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House of Stuart

The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain.

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Humphrey Bland

Lieutenant General Humphrey Bland (1686 – 8 May 1763) was an Irish professional soldier, whose career in the British Army began in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession and ended in 1756.

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Huzzah

Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally spelled huzza and pronounced, now often pronounced as; in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation".

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Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland

The Inventory of Historic Battlefields is a heritage register listing nationally significant battlefields in Scotland.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Jacobite Army (1745)

The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army,Pittock, Murray (2013) Material Culture and Sedition, 1688-1760: Treacherous Objects, Secret Places, p.88 was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne. Battle of Culloden and Jacobite Army (1745) are Charles Edward Stuart.

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Jacobite rising of 1745

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719. Battle of Culloden and Jacobite rising of 1745 are 1746 in Great Britain, 1746 in Scotland and conflicts in 1746.

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Jacobitism

Jacobitism was a political movement that supported the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.

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James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth

James Drummond, 6th Earl and 3rd titular Duke of Perth (11 May 171313 May 1746) was a Scottish landowner best known for his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart attempted to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart.

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James Francis Edward Stuart

James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 16881 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs and the King over the Water by Jacobites, was the son of King James VII and II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena.

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Jamie McCrimmon

James Robert McCrimmon, usually simply called Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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John Drummond, 4th Duke of Perth

John Drummond (1714–1747), titular 7th Earl and 4th Duke of Perth, often referred to by his courtesy title Lord John Drummond, was a Franco-Scottish nobleman, soldier and Jacobite.

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John Gordon of Glenbucket

John Gordon of Glenbucket (c.1673 – 16 June 1750) was a Scottish Jacobite, or supporter of the claim of the House of Stuart to the British throne.

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John Huske

Lieutenant General John Huske (ca. 1692 – 18 January, 1761) was a British military officer whose active service began in 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession and ended in 1748.

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John Mordaunt (British Army officer)

General Sir John Mordaunt (1697 – 23 October 1780) was a British soldier and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer.

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John O'Sullivan (soldier)

Sir John William O'Sullivan (c. 1700 – c. 1760) was an Irish professional soldier, who spent most of his career in the service of France, but is best known for his involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.

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Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)

Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell.

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Kennington Park

Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London and lies between Kennington Park Road and St. Agnes Place.

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King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army.

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King's Own Scottish Borderers

The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Laird

Laird is a designation applies to an owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate.

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Lancashire Fusiliers

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, and the First and Second World Wars.

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Landed gentry

The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate.

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Littleferry

Littleferry (Am Port Beag) is a village on the north east shore of Loch Fleet in Golspie, Sutherland, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Lord Robert Kerr

Lord Robert Kerr (died 16 April 1746) was a Scottish nobleman of the Clan Kerr and the second son of William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian.

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Luca Prodan

Luca George Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian and Scottish musician and singer who rose to prominence as the leading vocalist of Argentine-based alternative rock band Sumo, considered one of the most influential bands in Spanish-language rock history, and is widely considered one of the country's most important artists.

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McGill–Queen's University Press

The McGill–Queen's University Press (MQUP) is a Canadian university press formed as a joint venture between McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario.

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A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal.

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Military colours, standards and guidons

In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.

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Moray Firth

The Moray Firth (An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland.

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Murlagan

Murlagan is a small hamlet located on the north shore of Loch Arkaig in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Nairn

Nairn (Inbhir Narann) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet.

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National Galleries of Scotland

The National Galleries of Scotland (Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sometimes also known as National Galleries Scotland) is the executive non-departmental public body that controls the three national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries, forming one of the National Collections of Scotland.

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No Great Mischief

No Great Mischief is a 1999 novel by Alistair MacLeod.

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No quarter

No quarter, during military conflict, implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed.

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Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar, na h-Eileanan an Iar or label; Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Outlander (TV series)

Outlander is a historical drama television series based on the Outlander novel series by Diana Gabaldon.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Peter Watkins

Peter Watkins (born 29 October 1935) is an English film and television director.

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Pitched battle

A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prison ship

A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Protagonist

A protagonist is the main character of a story.

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Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore

The Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore (Bliadhna nan Creach) ("The Year of the Pillaging") took place in the Scottish Highlands between 22 May and 31 August 1746 and were part of the closing operations of the British-Hanoverian Government to bring to an end the Jacobite rising of 1745. Battle of Culloden and Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore are 1746 in Scotland, battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, conflicts in 1746 and history of the Scottish Highlands.

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River Nairn

The River Nairn (Narann / Abhainn Narann) is a 35 mile long river in the Scottish Highlands.

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River Spey

The River Spey (Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Rout

A rout is a panicked, disorderly and undisciplined retreat of troops from a battlefield, following a collapse in a given unit's command authority, unit cohesion and combat morale (esprit de corps).

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Scots Fusiliers

The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which was later itself merged with the Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) to form a new large regiment, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

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Royal Scottish Academy

The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art.

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Royal Watercolour Society

The Royal Watercolour Society is a British institution of painters working in watercolours.

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Ruthven Barracks

Ruthven Barracks, near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite rising.

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Scalpay, Outer Hebrides

Scalpay (Sgalpaigh or Sgalpaigh na Hearadh; i.e. "Scalpay of Harris" to distinguish it from Scalpay off Skye) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.

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Scottish Television

Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland.

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Scotty (Star Trek)

Montgomery "Scotty" Scott is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise Star Trek.

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Second Doctor

The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Siege of Stirling Castle (1746)

The siege of Stirling Castle took place from 8 January to 1 February 1746, during the 1745 Rising, when a Jacobite force besieged Stirling Castle, held by a government garrison under William Blakeney. Battle of Culloden and siege of Stirling Castle (1746) are 1746 in Scotland, battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart and conflicts in 1746.

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Simon Fraser of Lovat

Simon Fraser of Lovat (19 October 1726 – 8 February 1782) was a son of a notorious Jacobite clan chief, but he went on to serve with distinction in the British army.

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Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (c. 1667 – 9 April 1747, London), nicknamed the Fox (an t-Sionnach), was a Scottish Jacobite and Chief (Mac Shimidh Mòr) of Clan Fraser of Lovat, known for his feuding and changes of allegiance.

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Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet (1717 – 19 May 1785) was a British Army general and Governor of Londonderry and Culmore.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Sod

Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting.

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Sortition

In governance, sortition (also known as selection by lottery, selection by lot, allotment, demarchy, stochocracy, aleatoric democracy, democratic lottery, and lottocracy) is the selection of public officials or jurors using a random representative sample.

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Sound of Arisaig

The Sound of Arisaig Lochaber, Scotland, separates the Arisaig peninsula to the north from the Moidart peninsula to the south.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.

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Starz

Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lionsgate, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series.

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Stornoway

Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh; Stornowa) is the main town, and by far the largest town, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.

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Sumo (band)

Sumo was a 1980s Argentine alternative rock band, heavily influenced by post-punk and reggae.

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TARDIS

The TARDIS (acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.

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Tartan

Tartan (breacan) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns.

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Thaler

A thaler or taler (Taler, previously spelled Thaler) is one of the large silver coins minted in the states and territories of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy during the Early Modern period.

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Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.

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The Highlanders (Doctor Who)

The Highlanders is the completely missing fourth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 17 December 1966 to 7 January 1967.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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The Skye Boat Song

"The Skye Boat Song" is a late 19th-century Scottish song adaptation of a Gaelic song composed c.1782 by William Ross, entitled Cuachag nan Craobh ("Cuckoo of the Tree"). Battle of Culloden and the Skye Boat Song are Charles Edward Stuart.

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The Widows of Culloden

The Widows of Culloden is the twenty-eighth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2006 season of his eponymous fashion house.

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Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England.

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Time travel

Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Tower Hill

Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Treason

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.

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Treason Act 1746

The Treason Act 1746This short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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Visitor center

A visitor center or centre (see American and British English spelling differences), visitor information center or tourist information centre is a physical location that provides information to tourists.

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Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle

Lieutenant-General Willem (or William) Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (5 June 1702 – 22 December 1754) was a British soldier, diplomat and courtier.

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William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock

William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (12 May 170518 August 1746), was a Scottish peer who joined the 1745 Jacobite Rising, was captured at Culloden and subsequently executed for treason on Tower Hill.

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William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan

William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690 – 16 April 1746), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, who died at the Battle of Culloden.

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William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian

William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian, (– 28 July 1767) was a Scottish nobleman, styled Master of Jedburgh from 1692 to 1703 and Lord Jedburgh from 1703 to 1722.

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York

York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.

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10th Royal Hussars

The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715.

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The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Ireland in February 1702.

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The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741.

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The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to in short as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden

Also known as Battle Of Culloden Moor, Battle of Drummossie, Battlefield of Culloden, Culloden Battlefield.

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