Clan mackenzie scottish highlands

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In the 17th century the Mackenzie chief was made Earl of Seaforth in the peerage of Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 the chief and clan of Mackenzie supported the Jacobite cause. However, during the Jacobite rising of 1745 the clan was divided with the chief, Kenneth MacKenzie, Lord Fortrose, supporting the British-Hanoverian Government and his relative, George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, supporting the Jacobites. George MacKenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie Where is the clan…

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The Highland Charge was a daring but highly effective tactic that saw the Jacobites win almost every battle in the '45 Rising right up until the Battle of Culloden. Here the boggy ground, poor communication and the tactics of the British army saw the Highland Charge, along with the Jacobite rising defeated. We will never forget Culloden 1746 and Butcher Cumberland who gave the order "No Quarter" the most hated words in the Highlands of Scotland to this day.

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