PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY SECOND SERIES VOL. II ORIGINS OF THE ’FORTY-FIVE MARCH 1916 ORIGINS OF THE ’FORTY-FIVE AND OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THAT RISING Edited by WALTER BIGGAR BLAIKIE LL.D. [Illustration] EDINBURGH Printed at the University Press by T. and A. CONSTABLE for the Scottish History Society 1916 PREFACE I desire to express my thanks to the Government of the French Republic for permission to make transcripts and to print selections from State Papers preserved in the National Archives in Paris; to the Earl of Ancaster for permission to print the Drummond Castle Manuscript of Captain Daniel’s Progress; to the Earl of Galloway for Cardinal York’s Memorial to the Pope; to His Grace the Archbishop of St. Andrews for the use of papers elucidating the action of the Roman Catholic clergy in 1745; to Miss Grosett-Collins, who kindly lent me Grossett family papers; to Mrs. G. E. Forbes and Mr. Archibald Trotter of Colinton for private papers of the Lumisden family; to M. le Commandant Jean Colin of the French Army (author of _Louis XV. et les Jacobites_) for several valuable communications, and to Martin Haile for similar help. To my cousin, Miss H. Tayler, joint author of _The Book of the Duffs_, I am indebted for transcripts of papers in the French Archives in Paris as well as for information from Duff family papers; to Miss Maria Lansdale for the transcript of the report of the Marquis d’Eguilles to Louis XV.; to Dr. W. A. Macnaughton, Stonehaven, for copies of the depositions referring to the evasion of Sir James Steuart; and to Miss Nairne, Salisbury, for the translation of Cardinal York’s Memorial. I have also to acknowledge general help from the Hon. Evan Charteris; Mr. William Mackay, Inverness; Mr. J. K. Stewart, secretary of the Stewart Society; Mr. J. R. N. Macphail, K.C.; Mr. J. M. Bulloch, author of _The House of Gordon_; Dr. Watson, Professor of Celtic History, Edinburgh; Mr. P. J. Anderson, Aberdeen University Library; Colonel Lachlan Forbes; the Rev. Archibald Macdonald of Kiltarlity; and the Rev. W. C. Flint of Fort Augustus. I should be ungrateful if I did not make acknowledgment of the information I have received and made use of from five modern books--_James Francis Edward_, by Martin Haile; _The King Over the Water_, by A. Shield and Andrew Lang; _The Jacobite Peerage_, by the Marquis de Ruvigny; _The History of Clan Gregor_, by Miss Murray Macgregor; and _The Clan Donald_, by A. and A. Macdonald. Lastly, I have to thank Mr. W. Forbes Gray for kindly reading and revising proofs and for other assistance; and Mr. Alex. Mill, who has most carefully prepared the Index and given me constant help in many ways. W. B. B. COLINTON, _March 1, 1916_. CORRIGENDA Page xxxix, lines 3 and 14, _for_ ‘Excellency’ _read_ ‘Eminence.’