John Roy Stewart or Stuart or Stiuart (''

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

'': Iain Ruadh Stiùbhart) (1700–1752) was a distinguished officer in the Jacobite Army during the

rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took pl ...

and a

war poet A war poet is a poet who participates in a war and writes about their experiences, or a non-combatant who writes poems about war. While the term is applied especially to those who served during the First World War, the term can be applied to a p ...

in both

and in English. He was the son of Donald, a farmer in

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, grandson of John, the last of the Barons of Kincardine. His father gave him a good education and procured him a commission in a

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which at that time was serving in

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. In the army of

Prince Charles Edward Stuart Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (20 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and ...

he was military commander at

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, Clifton, Falkirk and Culloden. Some of his most well-known poems are "Lament for Lady Macintosh" and “The Day of Culloden” ("Latha Chul-Lodair").

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, John Roy 1700 births 1752 deaths 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poets

John Roy John Roy (September 13, 1930 – June 13, 2001) was a noted professor in the Art Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1964 until his retirement in 1994. He continued to paint until his death in 2001. His work included poin ...

Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 Jacobite poets Royal Scots Greys officers Scottish exiles Scottish expatriates in France