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26 de may. de 2024 · Lord George Murray, meanwhile, possessed a keen military mind and a thirst for glory on the battlefield. Together with their younger brother, the hot-headed Lord Charles, they would become the most prominent Murrays to rally to the Jacobite standard.
26 de may. de 2024 · His commanders, led by the cautious Lord George Murray, argued that they were overextended and vulnerable to being cut off. Reluctantly, Charles agreed to retreat back to Scotland to await French reinforcements and gather fresh recruits. It was a fateful decision that would seal the fate of the rising.
17 de may. de 2024 · At Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Marischal had been joined by other prominent Jacobites, exiled after the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and who had sailed from France. These included his brother James Keith, William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine and his brother Lord George Murray, William Mackenzie, Earl of Seaforth and John Cameron ...
28 de may. de 2024 · Lord George Murray (30 January 1761 – 3 June 1803) was an Anglican cleric best remembered for his work developing Britain's first optical telegraph, which began relaying messages from London to Deal in 1796, a few years after Claude Chappe's system began operation in France. He was Bishop of Saint David's from 1801...
13 de may. de 2024 · c.1745-6 - Lord George Murray (at Blair Castle) c.1750 - Figures from the wall painting at Loevestein Castle, Netherlands 1756 - James Francis Edward Moray, Yr of Abercairney by William Mosman 1766 - Hon William Gordon by Botinelli c.1790 - Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell, 15th Chief of Glengarry by Angelica Kauffmann
29 de may. de 2024 · Lord George Murray who was personally engaged, has given the most trustworthy account of the skirmish and as Mr. Mounsey says (Authentic Account of the Occupation of Carlisle in 1745), "It candidly puts the affair as an attack by the rear of the Highlanders, 1000 strong, upon 500 of the Duke's dismounted dragoons pushed forward into ...
Hace 2 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
