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Quote Originally Posted by gilmore
Kilts as part of a uniform did not come into play until well after the Jacobites had been defeated, and were the result of aristocrats raising regiments to serve in British armies, especially during the Napoleanic Wars, when the Scots regiments fought against France, Scotland's former partner in the Auld Alliance against England. These aristocrats dressed their troops in their often "newly-discovered" falsely-attributed tartans. And their motivation was of course loyalty to the Hanoverian dynasty, as well as hopes of receiving honors from it.

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I agree with everything gilmore says other than this paragraph, and it's just a matter of chronology. The Highland Independent Companies were amalgamated into the 43rd Reg't (later the 42nd, "Black Watch") in 1739 and were fighting in France when the `45 Rebellion broke out.
You are correct. I intended to qualify that statement, but didn't get around to it. Thanks for the carification.