The Last Highlander (47 page)

234  
Lovat sensed things were not quite right
… The significance of this election, and Lovat’s part in it, is well explored in Lenman,
Jacobite Clans
and Grant papers, SRO, NAS.

237  
to be found in the Forbes’s political camp.
Grant papers, SRO, NAS; and Fraser,
Chiefs of Grant
, Vol. 1, pp. 315, 325.

238  
he had little to fear from any normal man.
Lenman,
Jacobite Clans
, pp. 106–07, and Grant papers, SRO, NAS.

238  
famine in the Aviemore area in March 1734.
Grant papers, SRO, NAS.

240  
the Grants and the Frasers he’d rout.
See Fraser,
Chiefs of Grant
, Vol. 2, p. 380.

241  
they would have been his natural allies.
Ibid., p. 358.

241  
their expectations gives me some uneasiness.
Warrand (ed.),
More Culloden Papers
, Vol. 3, p. 10.

244  
if one interest failed him, he would turn to another.
Quoted in Lenman,
Jacobite Clans
, p. 118.

245  
or disguised themselves as women.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 558.

246  
for school in Edinburgh.
Fraser,
Chiefs of Grant
, Vol. 2, pp. 345–46.

246  
the wintry gusts of disfavour
. Ibid., p. 348.

248  
Lord Perth and his brother, Lord John Drummond
. See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 759.

253  
fit in with this man of twists and turns
. Fraser,
Chiefs of Grant
, Vol. 2, p. 366ff.

254  
until she could escape his fortress
. Ibid., pp. 363–64.

254  
ordering supplies daily for the household
.
TGSI
, Vol. 11, p. 341. The accounts of daily life are in the Grant books; in the Lovat correspondence reproduced in
TGSI
; originals in NA and Laing MSS, Highland Archives, Inverness.

259  
for the good of the government.
For letters to Inverallochy see
Miscellany of the Spalding Club
, ed. John Stuart (Aberdeen, 1842), Vol. 2, p. 4.

260  
Lovat joined the Patriots.
Hill Burton,
Lives of Simon
…, p. 217.

261  
Alexander Carlyle with him
…
might have been handsome in his youth.
See Carlyle,
Autobiography
, p. 57ff, for ‘Jupiter’ Carlyle, the famous Scottish church minister’s memoirs of his youthful encounters with this behemoth from another age.

262  
The Patriots got no power
.
TGSI
, Vol. 12, p. 373.

264  
and settling themselves there.
SP 78/44/526, State Papers Foreign, NA.

265  
1743 might be a year of great change.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 653.

266  
You may think little of these events
.
TGSI
, Vol. 12, p. 367ff, Oct 1743.

268  
shared feeling for homeland and people
.
TGSI
, Vol. 11, p. 379.

268  
the miasma of approaching peace.
Lenman,
Jacobite Clans
, p. 145.

269  
a French expeditionary force was assembled
. Black,
Culloden and the ’45
, pp. 56–58.

270  
The dreadful summer weather just went on and on
. Lenman,
Jacobite Clans
, p. 143.

271  
to lead an invasion to Scotland.
Black,
Culloden and the ’45
, pp. 63–64.

271  
after too many bad harvests.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 662.

273  
summoned to London for questioning.
TGSI
, Vol. 14, p. 2ff.

274  
a feverish disorder
.
TGSI
, Vol. 14, pp. 3–4ff. The most recent, and outstandingly good, scholarly account of the ’45, is Christopher Duffy’s
The ’45
(London: Cassell, 2003). I acknowledge my debt to this book as the background to Lovat’s correspondence and experience during this period. It is printed in letters to and from his fellow Highlanders in
TGSI
, Fraser,
Chiefs of Grant
, Vols 1–3, and Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, etc.

275  
Captain, Lieutenant and Ensign given.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 221.

275  
he could not act.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 697ff.

276  
if and when French back-up arrived
. Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 208.

277  
ordered his ship back to France. Scottish Diaries
, Vol. 2, p. 421.

281  
put his complaints aside in a general emergency?
Hill Burton,
Lives of Simon
…, p. 223.

281  
the King he had in mind was King George.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 210.

281  
when I was in my happiest situation in the world.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18.

282  
taller than any in his company.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 220.

282  
shrinking from tackling the rebels.
Black,
Culloden and the ’45
, p. 78.

283  
the growth of this enthralling uprising.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 211.

284  
take command of the Fraser fighting men
. Ibid., pp. 214–15.

285  
please confirm this was without foundation?
Ibid., p. 222.

285  
The words rang hollow to the Lord President.
Ibid., pp. 409–10.

285  
a thousand men for three months to defend them
. Black,
Culloden and the ’45
, p. 80.

286  
his countenance thoughtful and melancholy.
Carlyle,
Autobiography
, pp. 153–54.

288  
streamed through his doors.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 591.

288  
that of common father of our people.
Ibid., p. 780.

288  
he had received from James in France.
Ibid., p. 592. Accounts of life at Castle Dounie in this year are from the witness statements recorded in
State Trials
, Vol. 18.

290  
consult him as he lay in his bed.
Ibid., p. 685.

291  
wanted nothing to do with the kidnapping of his old friend.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p.228.

292  
we had no peace with him.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 691.

292  
or to anyone that belongs to you.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 230.

292  
So much for a most disagreeable subject! TGSI
, Vol. 14, p. 9.

292  
the Stratherrick men at Culloden.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 232.

293  
everyone’s opinion in Inverness
. Ibid., p. 231.

293  
against any of his distracted opinions
. Ibid., pp. 234–35.

293  
When he finished reading
…
still he would not make a decision.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, pp. 599ff, 718.

294  
as they very remarkably did thirty years ago.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 237.

294  
my unhappy and much loved friend.
Ibid., p. 451.

295  
Charles Fraser of Inverallochy, march away
. Ibid., p. 436ff.

295  
he would leave Lovat in peace.
TGSI
, Vol. 14, pp. 17–19ff, 22.

296  
I shall not put the least hardship on any man
. Ibid., p. 23.

296  
and never come home again
. See
Scots Magazine, 1745
, p. 589.

298  
The song was out of tune.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 238.

298  
are gone with him.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 749.

299  
No reply came from Dounie.
Warrand (ed.),
Culloden Papers
, p. 257.

300  
to the Aird of Lovat.
Fraser,
Sutherland Book
, Vol. 2, p. 93ff.

303  
to send the Master to safety.
TGSI
, Vol. 14, p. 31.

304  
They could not afford to split up their forces.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 763ff.

305  
the glorious retreat his Highness made from Derby
. Ibid., p. 754.

309  
launching the engineer …
Christopher Duffy,
The ’45
, p. 448.

310  
the terms of war.
The Gentleman’s Magazine
, Vol. 16 (March 1746), p. 205.

310  
the hills of Ross-shire and Sutherland
. Ibid., p. 204.

312  
to recruit more fighting Frasers
. Cumberland Papers, 13/327, NA.

312  
succumbed, though mostly to gout.
Walter Pringle,
Memoirs of Walter Pringle of Greenknow, written by himself
(Edinburgh: W. Hamilton, 1751), p. 44.

314  
to receive their death from the bayonets.
The Gentleman’s Magazine
, Vol. 16, p. 244.

316  
to give up any hope of breaking through
. See
SHAT
(
Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre
), Paris, A1/3154.

316  
He was often at home with his father.
John Prebble,
Culloden
(London: Penguin, 1967), p. 62.

318  
things were going well for the Jacobites.
Anne Grant of Laggan,
Letters from the Mountains
, (London: 1806).

320  
declaring me dead enough. Scottish Diaries
, Vol. 2, pp. 28–29.

322  
scheme without emotion.
See
Scottish History Society
, Vol. 26, p. 265.

322  
make ample amends for this day’s ruffle
. MacLaren, Moray,
Lord Lovat of the ’45
,
The End of an Old Song
(London: Jarrolds, 1957), p. 198.

323  
the night after the action.
The Gentleman’s Magazine
, Vol. 16, p. 210.

323  
Young Pretender were holed up there.
‘Historical Manuscripts Commission Report’, Vol. 10, pts 1–2.

323  
escaped with their lives and are fallen
. BL Add MSS 32707 ff128–29ff; 281; 381ff.

325  
buy back what had been taken from them.
Prebble,
Culloden
, pp. 166–67.

326  
soaked into his land and home
. Ibid., p. 61.

327  
Cumberland trusted his instincts.
BL Add MSS 32707 ff128–29.

327  
nor do we expect redress.
Miller,
Inverness
, p. 147.

328  
at the foot of the first slate of it.
Ibid., p. 145.

328  
Lochiel came to meet him in Strathfarrar.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, pp. 664–65.

333  
In the end, they nearly walked onto him.
The other story of his capture said he was taken on the island. A sailor spotted two feet. They appeared to fall out of the bottom of a hollow tree trunk. He came closer. Two gouty legs, wrapped in masses of flannel, were stuffed into the shoes. He peered inside and looked up the body into Lord Lovat’s face. With great difficulty, some men had manoeuvred him inside the hollow tree. He stood there, concealed in wooden armour and imprisoned by it. They had him. The man let out a holler of triumph. His fellow soldiers rushed over, and they dragged the old man out onto the ground. See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, pp. 739–40.

333  
with which his Lordship pretended to be pleased.
See
Scots Magazine
, 1747.

333  
for having taken away his Independent Company, than anything else.
See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 740.

335  
to execute a crippled old man
? See
State Trials
, Vol. 18, p. 715.