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SUTHERLAND AND THE REAY COUNTRY.
Forbes to prevail upon the Highland clans to remain loyal.
Caithness was full of rebels, who organised themselves into
companies, but they failed to move out of the county.
â– Cromarty attempted to effect a junction with them, but was
•captured by the Sutherlanders and Mackays in the castle of
Dunrobin, where he threw himself upon the clemency of the
DUNROBIN CASTLE.
Duchess. Through Sutherland's influence his offence was
pardoned.
George, Lord Reay, died in 1748, and was succeeded by
his son Donald, who died in 1760. The Earl of Sutherland,
William, who took an active part in putting down the
rebellion of '45 died in France in 1748, and was succeeded
by his son William, in 1750. He raised a fencible regiment
in 1756, during the French scare, of which regiment Hugh
SUTHERLAND AND THE REAY COUNTRY.
Forbes to prevail upon the Highland clans to remain loyal.
Caithness was full of rebels, who organised themselves into
companies, but they failed to move out of the county.
â– Cromarty attempted to effect a junction with them, but was
•captured by the Sutherlanders and Mackays in the castle of
Dunrobin, where he threw himself upon the clemency of the
DUNROBIN CASTLE.
Duchess. Through Sutherland's influence his offence was
pardoned.
George, Lord Reay, died in 1748, and was succeeded by
his son Donald, who died in 1760. The Earl of Sutherland,
William, who took an active part in putting down the
rebellion of '45 died in France in 1748, and was succeeded
by his son William, in 1750. He raised a fencible regiment
in 1756, during the French scare, of which regiment Hugh
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| Description | Illustration: Dunrobin Castle. |
| Description | History, antiquities, folklore, topography, regiments, ecclesiastical records, poetry and music, etc. Edited by Rev. Adam Gunn, M.A., and John Mackay. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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