Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

200 HISTORICAL NOTICES.
trusting to the queen's clemency, he embarked
as soon as his lady and child could bear the sea.
On his arrival in London he was sent prisoner
to the Tower, and soon after brought to trial
before the privy council for taking part in the
celebrated Queensberry (or rather Lord Lovat's)
plot, but was acquitted. As soon as he was
liberated the queen gave him a pension of 500/.
sterling per annum, which he enjoyed during
the remainder of his life ; the greatest part of
which after this he resided in London and occa-
sionally in the highlands.
Sir John was at Achnacarry Castle, the seat of
Cameron of Lochiel, in Inverlochy, accompanied
by some friends, when the news of the queen's
death arrived. The governor of Fort William
attempted to take him and Lochiel prisoners, but
thev made their wav through the detachment
» ml O
sent to apprehend them, and escaped.
On the Earl of Mar raising the standard of
revolt in Scotland on behalf of the son of the late
King James, in the year 1715, Sir John with his
clan immediately joined him at Achterarder, some
days previous to the battle of Sherimnuir, and
thereby sealed the fate of his house. In that bat-
tle the Macleans took a conspicuous share, and had
Captain Allan Maclean of the family of Kinloch-
aline and several soldiers killed, and Maclean of
Brolas, their lieutenant-colonel, wounded.
The night of his escape from the detachment at