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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745, by Mrs. Thomson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Author: Mrs. Thomson Release Date: March 31, 2007 [EBook #20947] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES *** Produced by Susan Skinner, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES OF 1715 AND 1745. BY MRS. THOMSON, AUTHOR OF "MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF HENRY THE EIGHTH," "MEMOIRS OF SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH," ETC. VOLUME II. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1845. LONDON: Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY, Bangor House, Shoe Lane. CONTENTS TO THE SECOND VOLUME. PAGE WILLIAM MAXWELL, EARL OF NITHISDALE (with a Portrait of the Countess of Nithisdale) 1 WILLIAM GORDON, VISCOUNT KENMURE 71 WILLIAM MURRAY, MARQUIS OF TULLIBARDINE 92 SIR JOHN MACLEAN 124 ROB ROY MACGREGOR CAMPBELL 155 SIMON FRASER, LORD LOVAT (with a Portrait) 208 MEMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES. WILLIAM MAXWELL, EARL OF NITHISDALE. It is happily remarked by the editor of the Culloden Papers, with regard to the devotion of many of the Highland clans to the exiled family of Stuart, that "it cannot be a subject requiring vindication; nor," adds the writer, "if it raise a glow on the face of their descendants, is it likely to be the blush of shame." The descendants of William Maxwell, Earl of Nithisdale, have reason to remember, with a proud interest, the determined and heroic affection which rescued their ancestor from prison, no less than the courage and fidelity which involved their chief in a perilous undertaking, and in a miserable captivity. The first of that ancient race, who
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