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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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Charles Edward Stuart: A Tragedy in Many Acts
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