Claverhouse eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 235 pages of information about Claverhouse.

Claverhouse eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 235 pages of information about Claverhouse.

  Grameis, the, 13, 173

  Grierson, Sir Robert. See Lag

  Hackston of Rathillet, 58, 60, 83, 91

  Hamilton, Duke of, 42, 102, 148, 153, 155, 159, 161-3, 165-6
    Robert, 62-3, 65, 71-3, 77-9, 82-4

  Highland Host, the, 41-2

  Highlanders, loyalty of, 169-71
    their value as soldiers, 168, 181

  Hislop, Andrew, execution of, 125-7

  James the Second, as Duke of York, favours Claverhouse, 44
    High Commissioner in Scotland, 91, 97
    promotes Claverhouse, 139-40
    summons him to London, 141
    announces invasion of England to Scotch Council, 143
    orders Scotch troops to England, 144
    at Salisbury, 145-7
    his flight and return, 148
    ordered to leave the capital by William, 148
    his last interview with Balcarres and Claverhouse, 149-50
    leaves England, 150
    his foolish letter to the Estates, 156
    his letter to Claverhouse falls into hands of Hamilton, 165
    his promises of toleration, 197 note, 214
    his letter to Ballechin, 215 note

  Keppoch, Colin Macdonald of, 170, 173-4, 183

  Killing-time, the, 111-36

  King, Rev. John, 64, 71

  Lag, the Laird of, 49-53, 114 note

  Latin poem on Battle of Bothwell Bridge, 68 note

  Lauderdale, Duke of, 33, 39, 42, 58, 98
    Earl of, 98-101

  Leather guns, 201

  Leighton, Bishop, 34, 40

  Leslie, David, 30

  Letters from Claverhouse to Archbishop Burnet, 107, 108
    to Duke of Hamilton, 163-4
    to James, 215 note
    to Earl of Melfort, 186-92
    to Linlithgow, 48-9, 54, 56, 64-5, 67, 70
    to Lord Murray, 196-7
    to Queensberry, 92, 94, 96 note, 99 note, 103-4, 109, 117, 138

  Leven, Earl of, 166, 200, 212

  Linlithgow, Earl of, 44, 81

  Livingstone, George, Lord, 83, 145, 162-3
    Sir Thomas, 150, 172, 185, 199
    William, 176, 177 note, 214 note

  Macaulay on Claverhouse, 13, 17, 18, 119, 125, 151 note

  Macdonald of Keppoch, 170

  Macdonalds, killed at Killiecrankie, 213

  Mackay, General, story of his alleged quarrel with Claverhouse, 16 note
    commands the troops in Scotland, 172
    tries to raise the Clans for William, 178-9
    marches against Claverhouse, 184-5
    new plan of campaign, 193
    sends Lord Murray to Blair Castle, 195
    takes the field again, 199
    the strength of his army, 200-1 and note
    marches through the Pass of Killiecrankie, 204-5
    his order of battle, 206
    his address to his troops, 208
    his bravery, 211
    his opinion of English soldiers, 212 note
    his retreat to Stirling, 212-13
    John, of Rockfields, his biography of General Mackay, 16 note

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