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J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
Catalogue reference: SP 36/46/187A
Date: 1738 Oct 25
J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
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Folio 80-110. Detailed examination of Hugh Fraser, Secretary to [Jacobite] Lord Lovat....
Catalogue reference: SP 36/93/1/80
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- SP 36/93/1/80
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747 Jan 12
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Folio 80-110. Detailed examination of Hugh Fraser, Secretary to [Jacobite] Lord Lovat. Early life; clerk to Mr Catanch, advocate of Aberdeen [Aberdeenshire]; appointment by Lovat as steward, then secretary; contacts with Pretender's son [Charles Edward Stuart], Duke of Perth, [Cameron of] Lochiel, Cluny Macpherson, Lord Traquire; Lovat's debts in Edinburgh paid by his factor, Frazier; [John] Murray of Broughton's travel costs; Lord John Drummond visit to Castle Dounie [Beaufort Castle, Inverness-shire]; 'Lochiel's country, and the McDonalds of Glengarry, during [1744] invasion plan; Robert Fraser succeeding the examinant as secretary; William Fraser of Belnain's offer to host the Master of Lovat in Holland during rebellion; Lovat's orders for the Frasers 'to rise' under the Master; Coll McDonell [McDonald] of Barisdale; Roy Stewart; Cameron of Callard; Gortuleg in Lochaber [Inverness-shire]; Lovat's [Jacobite] ducal patent; Master's disinclination to join rebels; Alexander Fraser of Inverness reporting French troops in Montrose [Angus]; Lovat's capture by Lord Loudon, and escape; Earl of Cromartie; Charles Fraser of Inveralachy; Letter handed over by Mrs Davis of Inverness [Inverness-shire]; wounded at Culloden; Frasers confronting McDonalds in Urquhart. Deposition taken by Thomas Waite. Dated at Westminster [London, Middlesex]. Filed with:
Folios 111-115. Extract of above examination, relating to the papers found after the Battle of Culloden.
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- Folio 92-128
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