Rob Roy MacGregor fought at Glenshiel in 1719 as a committed Jacobite — unlike his characteristically ambiguous role at Sheriffmuir in 1715. He commanded a MacGregor contingent on the Jacobite left flank and was wounded in the action. After the battle he escaped into the mountains, eluding government pursuit. Rob Roy's participation in all three Jacobite risings (1715, 1719, and nominally 1745 by this time he was too old to fight) marks him as a genuine Jacobite partisan, not merely the outlaw romanticism tradition has made of him.
Rob Roy wounded; MacGregors dispersed
MacGregor clan contingent c.100 men (Rob Roy MacGregor)
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