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Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653 - September 1716) was a Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He was a Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland and opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England.

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One of the earliest and certainly one of the greatest

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The terrible slaughter of Culloden and the even more terrible aftermath of the battle, did not completely kill off Jacobite loyalty to the Stewart Monarchy and there has always been many with Jacobite tendencies, right up till the present day although now it is more a matter of principle...

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Lord George Murray.
Lord Muray was a man of strict principles who was beloved by the highlanders and who answered only to his own conscience. As a soldier and commander,he was probably the best in the Scottish forces.........

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In 1715, a plot by English Jacobites was uncovered which led to the arrest of several Ebglish nobles and gentry....

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Layer, a barrister of the Middle Temple, formed a plot to seize the Towewr of London, St. James's Palace and the Royal exchange in 1772. The King was to be seized and the London crowds raised to riot.............

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The son of a Clergyman, Francis Atterbury was born at Milton in Buckinghamshire. He attended Westminster school and Oxford. He was appointed Tutor of Christ Church, Oxford and in 1687, he took Holy Orders............