Read Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart (Pimlico) Online
Authors: Frank McLynn
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 30, 337, 344–5, 519, 520, 533
Montrose, 165–6, 168, 175, 202, 221, 225, 233
Moy, 137, 223–4, 232
Mull (isle), 120, 128, 178, 274, 294, 299
Munros, clan, 134, 170, 176
Murray, Alexander of Elibank, 403–8, 410, 420, 447, 450, 453, 460, 463, 467, 470
Murray, Lord George, 145, 164, 174, 180, 201, 212, 233, 235, 240, 312, 343, 409, 417, 519, 549, 551–2; joins Charles Edward at Perth, 142; character of, 141, 176; disliked by ‘Seven Men of Moidart’, 143; raid on Linlithgow, 145; and Athollmen, 151; and battle of Prestonpans, 152–4; on the Jacobite council, 156–8, 168, 169, 172–5, 185–6, 187, 188–91, 204–5, 220–1, 242–3; opposes decision to invade England, 169, 171, 172; relations with Duke of Perth, 172–3, 183–4; wins debate on itinerary in England, 174; during invasion of England, 182–3; resigns as Lieutenant-General at Carlisle, 183–4; reinstated, leads first column after Carlisle, 184–5; and feint towards Congleton, 187; at Derby, 187–206; on retreat to Scotland, 197–9; at Falkirk, 203–5; and siege of Stirling, 207; clashes with Hawley’s forces, 207; and battle of Falkirk, 207–11; forces retreat into the Highlands, 212–17; and retreat into the Highlands, 218–20; at Crieff, 220–1; retreats to Aberdeen, 222; on march from Aberdeen to Inverness, 224–5; highland strategy of, 226–31, 238–9; Atholl campaign of, 228–9; criticism by, of prince’s strategy at Culloden, 241–50; and night march on Nairn, 241–7; at Culloden, 252–9; writes angry letter of rebuke to prince, 262–3, 266; tension with Charles Edward, 152, 173, 183–4, 198, 204–5, 212–17, 218, 225–6, 229–30, 236, 243–4, 249–50, 260–3, 273, 309, 312, 334; disliked by Charles Edward, 142–3, 199–200, 217, 230, 236, 260–3, 304–5, 334, 452
Murray, James of Stormont, titular earl of Dunbar, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 51–7, 60, 72, 119–20, 123, 318, 319, 329, 371, 375, 376, 480, 492, 502
Murray, John, of Broughton, 67, 73, 110, 111–12, 120, 131, 135, 140, 156, 157, 158, 178, 196, 212, 215, 218, 219, 221, 235, 532
Nairn, 225, 240; night march on, by Jacobites, 241–7
Nairne, William Lord, 140, 143, 149, 153, 156, 157, 187, 237, 357, 348
Nantes, 118, 120–1, 308
Naples, 31, 38, 41–2, 43, 44, 475, 477, 478
Newcastle (town), 174, 182, 183, 194
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of, 63, 89, 90, 126, 175, 191, 193, 274
Norris, Sir John, Admiral, 88–9, 93, 94, 95
O’Brien, Daniel, later titular earl of Lismore, 34, 44, 48, 66, 69, 79, 99, 101, 102, 107, 109, 113, 121, 311, 313, 316, 317, 320, 323, 328, 383; and his wife, 316, 457; disliked by Charles Edward, 107, 108, 117, 119, 316, 328, 330, 424, 439
Ogilvy, David, Lord, 142, 143, 156, 161, 164, 222, 315, 325, 343, 549; Ogilvy’s regiment, 182, 184, 206, 208, 221, 252, 256, 259, 263, 405, 408
Oglethorpe, general James Edward, 195, 197–8
O’Heguerty, Dominique, 118, 404, 457
O’Heguerty, Pierre André, 132, 226, 235
Oliphant, Laurence of Gask, 142, 155, 175, 176, 182
O’Neill, Captain Felix, 258, 267, 269, 270, 277, 279, 280, 282, 283, 290, 298
Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 19, 20, 43, 67–8, 87, 100, 109, 121, 532
Orry, Philibert, comte de Vignory, 79, 100, 101–2, 103, 106, 109, 110, 113, 115, 311
O’Sullivan, John William, 117, 119, 136–7, 139–40, 143, 148, 152, 156, 157, 158, 173, 185, 197, 211, 215, 218, 219, 220, 238, 239, 241, 245, 246, 251, 252, 253, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 266, 267, 269, 279, 298, 299, 350–1, 417–18, 424–5, 441, 457
Papacy, Jacobites and the (
see also under individual popes
), 4, 8, 17–19, 21, 26, 28, 30, 31–2, 34, 38, 50, 67–9, 71, 83, 88, 105, 106, 123, 166, 275, 328, 330, 371–7, 468–79, 481–2, 483–4, 486–7, 495, 497–8, 500–1, 510, 515, 527
Parma, 27, 51, 475
Pelham, Henry, 63, 126, 397, 407, 408, 409, 410
Penrith, 184, 198, 199
Perth (town), 140–5, 175, 182, 202, 203, 220, 222, 225
Perth, James Drummond, Duke of, 66, 116, 120, 130, 142, 143, 148, 153, 156, 157, 172–3, 176, 182, 183–4, 190, 208, 228, 234, 237, 239, 240, 242, 244, 245, 246, 252, 253, 255, 256, 271, 274, 275; Perth’s regiment, 144, 149, 153, 182, 234, 240
Piacenza, 27, 51–2, 475
Pickle the Spy (Aleistair MacDonell), 385, 403, 406, 407, 409, 410, 412, 463
Pisa, 57, 489, 493, 495, 509, 530, 544, 545
Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord, 156, 157, 164, 176, 180, 230
Pius VI, Pope, 510, 515, 525, 526, 528, 529, 543, 549
Poland, 3, 48–9, 61, 69, 344, 383, 413, 461, 494
Pompadour, Jeanne Poisson, marquise de, 311, 355, 382, 424, 450, 452
Pope, Alexander, 520
Preston (town), 184, 185, 188, 197, 198, 199
Preston, general George, 147, 150, 158–60, 169, 224
Prestonpans, battle of, 150–6, 160, 161, 166, 168, 169, 174, 226, 252
Primrose, Anne Drelincourt, Lady, 396, 398, 404, 406, 407, 435, 447
Prussia (
see also
Frederick the Great), 88, 103, 104, 105, 400, 401, 408, 409, 413, 431, 534
Puysieux, Louis Philogène Brulart, marquis de, 317, 324–5, 330, 335, 350–1, 353, 354, 355, 356, 359–60, 366, 367, 368, 374, 382, 384, 389, 401
Raasay (island), 286, 287, 291, 292, 298
Ramsay, Allan, 47
Ramsay, Andrew Michael, chevalier, 12–13, 14, 532
Reggio, 51, 78
Rhum (isle) 130, 267
Richelieu, Louis Francois Armand du Plessis, duc de, 115, 192–3, 311, 312, 315, 359, 395, 408, 440, 451, 540
Robertson, Alexander of Struan, 140, 178, 222
Robertsons, clan, 140, 144, 178
Rohan family (
see also
Montbazon, duchesse de), 335–42, 546–7
Rome, 8, 10, 12, 17–18, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 38, 45–6, 47, 57, 66, 70, 80, 81, 82, 102, 106, 121, 123, 128, 129, 136, 145, 166, 319, 328–9, 334, 354, 355, 369, 383, 396, 419, 435, 441, 442–3, 444, 448, 452, 468, 469–93, 516, 525, 526, 529–30, 547–50; Palazzo Muti, in, 2; Jacobite court in, 2–4, 7; daily life in eighteenth-century, 19, 29–30, 47, 60–2, 72; eighteenth-century extent of, 29, 84; impact on, of plague and quarantine, 78
Roquefeuil, Jacques Aymer dé, Admiral, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Rosses, clan, 176, 213
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 431, 520
Russia, and the Jacobites (
see also
Peter the Great, Czarinas Catherine and Elizabeth), 17, 24, 33, 65, 122, 324, 400, 402, 406, 411
Ruttlidge, Walter, 118–19, 121–2
Ryan, Edmund, 495–9, 502
St Ninian’s, 145, 203, 218, 219
Saxe, Maurice, maréchal comte de, 80, 88, 89, 90, 92–4, 96, 97, 98, 102, 108, 126, 167, 168, 170, 171, 258, 308, 335, 385, 533
Scalpay (isle), 269, 271
Scotland, state of (
see also
Jacobitism), 65, 66, 125–6, 134; nationalism in, 149, 163; the prince’s early plans for, 69; and 1743–4 project, 96–7; and 1745 plans, 111–18
Scott, Captain Caroline, 159, 275, 279, 283, 289
Scotus, Donald MacDonald of, 131, 291
Sempill, Francis, Lord, 66, 77, 78, 90, 97, 98, 99, 102, 103, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 117, 119
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, madame de, 9
Sheldon, Mrs, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26
Sheridan, Sir Thomas, 13, 23, 27, 29, 30, 33, 39, 44, 58, 72, 83, 84, 99, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 117, 119, 121, 123, 130, 131, 143, 156, 157, 184, 196, 211, 216, 221, 222, 234, 237, 240, 257, 258, 262, 263, 267, 313, 318
Sheridan (the prince’s servant), 363, 368, 371, 416, 447
Siena, 57, 493, 494, 509, 513, 530
Skye, 129, 130, 131, 136, 156, 161, 178, 181, 228, 266, 267, 275, 280, 283, 289, 292; the prince on, 284–8
Sobieska, Maria Clementina, 34, 204, 336, 375, 417, 459, 497, 499, 554; marries James Stuart 3–4; gives birth to prince Charles Edward, 7–8; poor health of, 13; death of mother of, 13; attachment to Charles Edward, 14, 15, 25, 30, 32, 35, 39, 44; gives birth to Henry, 14; depression of, 14; influenced by Mrs Sheldon, 15; attitude to James, 15; attitude to Henry, 15; feud with the Hays, 16–17; marital rift with James, 16–22, 24, 65; reconciliation with James, 25; religious mania of, 26–7; false rumours of pregnancy of, 28–9, breakdown of marriage with James, 30, 32–3, 35; illnesses of, 32, 35–6, 44, 45; psychological legacy of, to Charles Edward, 36, 46; death of, 45, 48; funeral of, 45–6
Sobieski family, 3–4, 104–5
Sobieski monies and jewels, 104–6, 116–18, 123, 133, 337, 488, 492, 494, 502, 536, 539, 547
Spain, and the Jacobites, 4, 8, 17, 20, 37–42, 48, 57, 67–8, 70, 106, 122, 182, 215, 233, 315, 317, 318–23, 431, 445, 462, 463, 466, 472, 473, 476, 478, 482, 487, 508, 510
Stafford (town), 187
Stafford (Charles Edward’s servant), 368, 371, 416, 472, 482
Stanislas of Lorraine, ex-King of Poland, 70, 346, 381, 388, 391, 416, 439–40, 442, 447
Stapleton, Brigadier Walter, 226–7, 241–2, 250, 251, 255, 256, 258
Stewart, John Roy, 140, 170, 172, 222, 230, 305–6; Stewart’s (Edinburgh) regiment, 181, 182, 184, 222, 230–1, 237, 238, 257, 260, 263
Stewarts of Appin, clan, 120, 137, 153, 170, 178, 199, 228, 240, 410
Stirling, 138, 144, 145, 155, 170, 175, 203, 206, 208, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219, 222, 224, 227
Stockport, 187, 197
Stolberg, Louise of, countess of Albany, 496, 501–2, 537–8; marries Charles Edward, 499–500; as ‘Queen of Hearts’, 504–5, 511–12; daily life of, in Florence, 513–16; breakdown of marriage of, 516–17; affair of, with Alfieri, 517–18, 521; flees to convent, 523–4; in Rome, 525–30; divorce of, 535–6, 539, 540; relationship with Henry, Cardinal York, 525–6, 535–7, 543–4; outwitted by Charlotte, 545–6
Stone, 138, 187
Stornoway, 268–70
Stosch, Philip, codenamed ‘Walton’, 13, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 42, 43
Strathallan, James Francis Edward, viscount, 142, 143, 175, 182, 196, 202, 230
Strickland, Francis, 119–20, 123, 160, 313
Stuart, or Stewart, dynasty, 5–6; financial problems of, 104–6
Sutherland, William, earl of, 134, 228
Sutherlands, 170, 176, 234
Sweden, and the Jacobites (
see also
Gustav III), 382, 384, 395, 400, 402, 405, 407, 408, 411
Switzerland, 34, 79, 80, 81, 82, 329, 351–2, 354, 355, 380, 382, 413, 433–9
Talmont, Marie Anne Louise Jablonowska, princesse de: affair with Charles Edward, 346–8, 356–7, 367–8, 378–9, 383, 386–94, 395, 415, 425, 516, 537, 549, 554
Tencin, Pierre Guerin, Cardinal de, 69–70, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81, 90, 99, 101, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 122, 166, 310, 315, 317–28, 330, 333, 354, 359, 372; Charles Edward’s dislike of, 107, 108, 119, 328, 345, 359, 424
Tencin, bailli de, 71, 81, 83, 101–2, 106, 107, 109
Tullibardine, William, marquis of, Jacobite Duke of Atholl, 120, 133–4, 137–8, 140, 164, 184, 190
Turin, 52, 117
Vassé, Antoinette Louise Gabrielle, comtesse de, 378–9, 388, 389, 390, 394, 419–20, 519
Venice, 21, 50, 52–5, 379, 380–1, 383, 384, 386, 443, 452, 482, 527
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 507, 508, 530, 531, 536, 540, 541, 543, 545
Vernon, Edward, admiral, 67
Verona, 52–3
Viterbo, 487–8, 490, 499
Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de, 344, 381, 439, 461, 481, 502, 520
Wade, George, Field-Marshal, 162, 169, 173–4, 175, 183, 187, 188, 194–5, 196, 197, 198, 202, 214, 222
Wales, 172, 175, 187, 405
Walkinshaw, Clementina, 460, 461, 462, 468, 470, 481, 499, 502, 503–4, 516, 538, 554; becomes the prince’s mistress at Bannockburn, 204, 206; resumes the affair at Ghent, 406–7, 412; with the prince (1752–60), 415–29, 432, 438–9, 440, 441, 442, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453–5; leaves him, 455
Walpole, Horace, 61, 88, 191, 462, 464, 544
Walpole, Sir Robert, 17, 63–4, 65
Walsh, Antoine, 118–22, 127–8, 130, 131, 133, 430, 457, 463, 464, 472
Warren, Richard Augustus, 306, 308, 336, 457
Warrington, 185
Waters, John and son, bankers, 116–17, 380, 393, 420, 427, 432, 433–4, 438–9, 440, 457, 464, 502
Webb, Anne Gibson, Lady, 463, 464, 466, 467, 468, 472
Westmoreland, John Fane, earl of, 396, 398, 410, 412, 420
Wharton, Philip, Duke of, 21, 532
Wigan, 186
Wogan, Sir Charles, 3, 8, 204, 320, 417, 499
Wogan, Nicholas, 97
Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 170, 171–2, 173, 186, 187, 189, 396
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