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Scotland's History Union and Jacobites The 1715 Jacobite Rising The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page ...

Robert Burns, a son of tenant farmers, stepped into this political turbulence and achieved rapid acclaim. His poems drew on ...

This position often put him at odds with his father, especially during the Jacobite Rising. Simon comes from a prominent family. His father, Lord Lovat, is a respected leader, but Simon’s ...

As the Master of Lovat, Simon was the direct heir to his father’s barony. This position often put him at odds with his father, especially during the Jacobite Rising. Simon comes from a prominent ...

It is the oldest building in Scotland’s northernmost city and place whose presence is inextricably woven into the community ...

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Finally, here we see the Quiraing, a beautiful place on the Isle of Skye, in the northwest of Scotland. A landscape so ...

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It is a period in history when Britain was the wealthiest nation in the world, Jane Austen was at the height of her literary ...