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Siege of Culloden House (1745)

Siege of Culloden House
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Old Culloden House, Duncan Forbes
Date15–16 October 1745
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland, Great Britain
Result Government victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain Government Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Duncan Forbes Simon Fraser[1][2]
Strength
Unknown 200[1]
Casualties and losses
None 1 killed[3]
1 wounded[3][4]

The siege of Culloden House took place on the night of 15/16 October 1745 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. 200 men of the Jacobite Clan Fraser of Lovat attempted to capture Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden who was the Lord President of the Court of Session, the most senior legal officer in Scotland.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Duffy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Reid, Stuart (2012). The Scottish Jacobite Army 1745–46. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 9781780968070.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Battlefield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Warrand, Duncan (1929). More Culloden Papers (PDF). Vol. 4. Inverness: Robert Carruthers & Sons. pp. 103–104.

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