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Lord Lovat and the Duke of Cumberland: notables in the Jacobite Rebellion...
Lord Lovat and the Duke of Cumberland: notables in the Jacobite Rebellion...
Item # 698438
December 11, 1746
EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Dec. 11, 1746 This was one of the more notable titles for the 18th century, and from the era of the Jacobite Rebellion with a few items relating to it.
Page 2 has a report noting: "The Duke of Cumberland has been received with the utmost joy at the Hague, so as to give hopes of soon hearing the States General declaring war against France...as will oblige them even to sue for peace, without insisting upon Cape Breton to be restored to her...". The Duke of Cumberland is best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rebellion at the Battle of Culloden.
A brief item notes: "The Lord Lovat is said to be now dangerously ill in the Tower." In 1745 Lord Lovat participated in the Jacobite rising of 1745 against the Crown and was sentenced to death. He was beheaded on April 9, 1747, aged 80, on Tower Hill in London, the last man to be executed in this manner.
Four pages, 8 by 10 inches, great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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