BattlefieldsTullibardine and Jacobite exile dispersal after Glenshiel 1719
Jacobite Risings

Tullibardine and Jacobite exile dispersal after Glenshiel 1719

1719
Perthshire, Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Perthshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobite forces
Forces
Jacobite leaders with local clan assistance
VS
Victor
Government forces
Forces
Government pursuit columns
Outcome
Jacobite leaders escape into mountains after Glenshiel and reach coast; government pursuit fails
The Battle

History & Significance

After the Battle of Glenshiel, the Jacobite leaders — the Earl Marischal, the Marquess of Tullibardine, Rob Roy MacGregor (wounded), the Earl of Seaforth — dispersed into the mountains of Wester Ross and Kintail. Government forces pursued through the trackless terrain but were unable to catch the fugitives, who knew the country intimately. The Jacobite leaders were sheltered by loyal clansfolk before reaching the coast to board ships to France. Tullibardine was particularly notable — he had been the man who unfurled the standard at Braemar in 1715 and would do so again at Glenfinnan in 1745, a quarter-century later.

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