The Battle of Culloden
Battle of Culloden (/kəˈlɒdən/;[4] Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Chùil Lodair) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart were decisively defeated by loyalist troops commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, near Inverness
Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Queen Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuart, died in 1714, with no living children. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, a daughter of James VI and I
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Lochaber
Lochaber (/lɒxˈɑːbər/) (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands
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The House of Hanover
Hanover (or the Hanoverians /ˌhænəˈvɪəriənz, -noʊ-, -ˈvɛr-/;[1][2] German: Haus Hannover) is a German royal dynasty that ruled the Electorate and then the Kingdom of Hanover, and then also provided monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1800 and ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain
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Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from its creation in 1801 until the death of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria in 1901. Upon Victoria's death, the British throne passed to her eldest son Edward VII, a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha through his father. The House of Hanover
Hanover was formally named the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover
Hanover line, as it was originally a cadet branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714)[a] was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England
England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no legitimate children. Her father, Charles's younger brother James, was thus heir presumptive to the throne. His suspected Roman Catholicism was unpopular in England, and on Charles's instructions Anne and her elder sister, Mary, were raised as Anglicans. Three years after he succeeded Charles upon the latter's death, James was deposed in the Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution of 1688
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The House of Stuart, originally Stewart, was a European royal house that originated in Scotland. The dynasty's patrilineal Breton ancestors had held the office of High Steward of Scotland
High Steward of Scotland since the 12th century, after arriving by way of Norman England. The royal Stewart line was founded by Robert II, and they were Kings and Queens of Scots from the late 14th century until the union with England in 1707. Mary, Queen of Scots, was brought up in France, where she adopted the French spelling of the name, Stuart. Her son, James VI of Scotland, inherited the thrones of England and Ireland upon the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Except for the period of the Commonwealth, 1649–1660, the Stuarts were monarchs of the British Isles and its growing empire, until the death of Queen Anne in 1714.[note 3] In total, nine Stewart/Stuart monarchs ruled Scotland alone from 1371 until 1603
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Skirmishers are light infantry or cavalry soldiers in the role of skirmishing—stationed to act as a vanguard, flank guard, or rearguard, screening a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line—an irregular open formation much more spread out in depth and breadth than a traditional line formation. Their purpose is to harass the enemy—engaging them in only light or sporadic combat in order to delay their movement, disrupt their attack, or weaken their morale. Skirmishers' open formations and smaller numbers can give them superior mobility over the regular forces, allowing them to fight on more favorable terms, taking advantage of better position or terrain and quickly withdrawing from any threat of superior enemy forces. Skirmishers can be either regular army units temporarily detached to perform skirmishing, or specialty units specifically armed and trained for such low-level irregular warfare tactics
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Dornoch
Dornoch (/ˈdɔːrnɒx/; Scottish Gaelic: Dòrnach pronounced [ˈt̪ɔːrˠn̪ˠəx]; Scots: Dornach) is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh
Royal burgh in the county of Sutherland
Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch
Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth
Moray Firth to the east
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Settlement may refer to:Consolidation (soil), a process by which soils decrease in volume Human settlement, a community where people livePlantation (settlement or colony), an early method of colonization Urban settlement (other) Rural settlement Urban-type settlement Settlement (structural), the gradual distortions created in a structureContents1 Demography 2 Finance 3 Law 4 See alsoDemography[edit]Early human migration Settlement of the AmericasSquatting, communities established without legal right on unoccupi
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Commonly, "cousin" refers to a "first cousin" or equivalently "full cousin", people whose most recent common ancestor is a grandparent.[1] A first cousin used to be known as a cousin-german, though this term is rarely used today.[2] More generally, cousin is a type of familial relationship in which people with a known common ancestor are both two or more generations away from their most recent common ancestor
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George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)[a] was King of Great Britain
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King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire
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Holy Roman Empire from 1698 until his death. George was born in Hanover
Hanover and inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. A succession of European wars expanded his German domains during his lifetime, and in 1708 he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover. At the age of 54, after the death of his second cousin Anne, Queen of Great Britain, George ascended the British throne
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British throne as the first monarch of the House of Hanover
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Inverurie /ɪn.vəˈrʊəri/ (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh[1] or Inbhir Uaraidh,[2] "mouth of the River Ury") is a Royal Burgh and town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about 16 miles (26 km) north west of Aberdeen on the A96 road and is served by Inverurie railway station on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. The nearest airport is Aberdeen Airport at Dyce.Contents1 Geography 2 Etymology 3 History 4 Twinning 5 Industry 6 Language 7 Religion 8 Sports 9 Education 10 References 11 External linksGeography[edit]PanoramaInverurie is located in the valley of the River Don at the centre of Aberdeenshire and is known locally as the Heart of the Garioch. It sits between the River Don and the River Ury and is only 10 miles (16 km) from the imposing hill of Bennachie. The town centre is triangular and is dominated by the grand Town Hall built in 1862
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Carlisle
Carlisle may refer to: Places[edit] United Kingdom[edit]Carlisle, Cumbria, a city and the county town of Cumbria, England, United KingdomThe City of Carlisle, a local government entity, including Carlisle, surrounding areas, and other towns The County Borough of Carlisle, a former city and local government district located within the county of Cumberland, England Carlisle
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Carlisle may refer to: Places[edit] United Kingdom[edit]Carlisle, Cumbria, a city and the county town of Cumbria, England, United KingdomThe City of Carlisle, a local government entity, including Carlisle, surrounding areas, and other towns The County Borough of Carlisle, a former city and local government district located within the county of Cumberland, England Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency), centred on the City of CarlisleAustralia[edit]Carlisle, Western AustraliaCanada[edit]Carlisle, Edmonton, Alberta Carlisle, Hamilton, Ontario Carlisle, Middlesex County, Ontario New Carlisle, QuebecUnited States[edit]Carlisle, Arkansas Carlisle, Indiana Carlisle, Iowa Carlisle, Kentucky Carlisle, Louisiana Carlisle, MassachusettsCarlisle Public Schools (Massachusetts) A small school in Carlisle, MassachusettsCarlisle, Minnesota Carlisle, Nebraska Carlisle, New York Carlisle, Ohio (in Warren and southern Montgomery counti
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Augustus
Augustus (Latin: Imperator
Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus;[nb 1] 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who served as the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome
Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.[nb 2] His status as the founder of the Roman Principate
Principate has consolidated an enduring legacy as one of the most effective and controversial leaders in human history.[1][2] He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian gens Octavia. His maternal great-uncle Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and Octavius was named in Caesar's will as his adopted son and heir
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A barrack or barracks is a building or group of buildings built to house soldiers. The English word comes via French from an old Catalan word "barraca" (hut), originally referring to temporary shelters or huts[1][2] for various people and animals, but today barracks are usually permanent buildings for military accommodation
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A pitched battle or set piece battle is a battle in which both sides choose the fighting location and time. Either side has the option to disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter.[1][2] A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege
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