Siege of Blair Castle | |||||||
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Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745 | |||||||
Blair Castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Government: Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Jacobites: Clan Murray Clan Macpherson | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir Andrew Agnew[1] | Lord George Murray | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300 | 1,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The siege of Blair Castle was a conflict that took place in Scotland in March 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.[2] It was fought between Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George II of Great Britain, which defended Blair Castle near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire, and Scottish Jacobite forces loyal to the House of Stuart.[2]