The Highland Clans after 1745

[chrisupyonder]

I found this on the nationalarchives.gov.uk



No exact date for this document but some time around 1746

Source Links.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/p...t/highland.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/p...clans_list.htm


Chris.

[Downunder Kilt]

Good find Chris and a most interesting document. Would be marvelous to be able to find the source and what use was to be made of it.

[chrisupyonder]

Good find Chris and a most interesting document. Would be marvelous to be able to find the source and what use was to be made of it.

I suspect after Culloden the government wanted to see if there was any further possibility of another uprising and wanted to know how many men could be raised in the Highlands. It does not look as though there was that many fighting men left but 18,840 was still a significant number.

Not all the clans on the Jacobite side are named in this list as I suspect they were almost wiped out as was the case of the MacLarens.

Chris.

[Dale Seago]

I suspect after Culloden the government wanted to see if there was any further possibility of another uprising and wanted to know how many men could be raised in the Highlands.

If the year is right, that sounds probable.

[figheadair]

Good find Chris and a most interesting document. Would be marvelous to be able to find the source and what use was to be made of it.

I think that this is the list drawn up by Forbes of Culloden c1746-7. He was a prominent Hanoverian supporter and government agent in the Highlands. He also raised issues against the Act of Proscription arguing that it disproportionally affected the poor Highlander who was not politically active whereas the gentry got away fairly lightly as they could afford other cloths (and in many cases were exempt).

[MacGumerait]

That is truly interesting and very informative !

One can see a relavance between the number of men these clans could raise at the time of Culloden and which clans would later become fighting regiments in the British military , i.e. ( as shown above ) Argile , Athol , McKenzie , etc. , based upon the numbers in this document .

[tekdiver500ft]

What a great find! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Tobus]

Not all the clans on the Jacobite side are named in this list as I suspect they were almost wiped out as was the case of the MacLarens.

Speaking of "wiped out", I find it interesting that they list MacGregor as a clan that could raise men. If I recall correctly, during the period of 1746, Clan MacGregor was still in the period during which they were not allowed to exist at all.

[WhyteKobra]

I was wondering that also about the MacGregors, Since the proscription didn't end till 1774.

[creagdhubh]

Very interesting indeed, thank you for sharing. I absolutely love the penmanship back then, no one writes like that anymore.

Macphersons.......500. I like the sound of that!

Naturally, I own a fantastic book that discusses in great detail and with historical accuracy, the part the Clan Macpherson played in the Rising of 1745, the skirmishes and battles throughout the Jacobite Campaign, leading to their eventual demise at Drumossie Moor (Culloden), and the flight of Prince Charles Edward Stuart assisted by "Cluny of the '45" as he is known to Macphersons. The book is entitled, "A Day's March to Ruin," by Dr. Alan Gibson Macpherson (one of our Clan Macpherson Historians)of St. John's, Newfoundland.

I have several copies of the paperback book if anyone is interested - perhaps I'll put detailed information up in the 'for sale' section. The book contains copies of actual letters between Prince Charles Edward Stuart and Cluny-Macpherson, as well as other notable Jacobites, throughout the book. A very, very compelling and interesting read, whether you are a Macpherson or not!


A Day's March to Ruin: A Documentary Narrative of the Badenoch Men in the 'Forty-Five and a Biography of Colonel Ewan Macpherson of Cluny, 1706-1764.


Clan Macpherson Memorial on the lands of Glentruim in Badenoch (Inverness-shire), given to the Clan Macpherson Association in 1996 by Euan Macpherson of Glentruim. The cairn is comprised of stones donated by Macphersons located all around the world and contains a gold plaque dedicated to the life and memory of Colonel Ewan Macpherson of Cluny, wartime leader and Chief to all Macphersons during the Jacobite Risings of the mid 18th-century.


Euan Macpherson of Glentruim handing over the deed to Ewen Macpherson of Talla-Shee, thus giving adequate land for the Clan Macpherson Memorial to be built.


A close-up of the detailed ironwork of the gate, featuring the Clan Macpherson badge.

CREAG DHUBH CLANN CHATAIN!!!