The Fraser clan of Lovat occupied the key strategic country between Inverness and the Great Glen in 1689. Simon Fraser, the tenth Lord Lovat, was a deeply ambiguous figure whose loyalty shifted repeatedly. In 1689, the Fraser country was contested — some Fraser adherents joined the Jacobite rising while others maintained government loyalty. Skirmishing occurred in the Beauly valley and along the Great Glen as both sides attempted to secure this critical corridor between the east and west Highlands. Government forces at Inverness and Jacobite forces in the Great Glen both operated in Fraser territory. Lovat played both sides and emerged from 1689 in his characteristic way — uncommitted but unscathed.
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