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158:. They pleaded not guilty and had three weeks to prepare for trial on 5 May 1716. Forster escaped from the prison at about 11 o'clock on 4 May and Mackintosh along with about fifteen others overpowered the guards and rushed out. Seven were recaptured in the maze of London but the rest, including Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum, managed to escape. The Government offered a £1000 reward for his capture. 190:. He spent the rest of his life in prison. After being kept in captivity for nearly a quarter of a century he died on 7 January 1743, true to his Jacobite principals, aged 80. During his time in captivity he had published a "treatise on agriculture" and the year before he died, "a scheme for curbing depredation in the Highlands" - which was apparently being used with success thirty years later. 225:"When I came to a friend's house of a morning I used to be asked if I had had my morning draft yet. I am now asked if I have had my tea. And in lieu of the big quaigh with strong ale and toast, and after a dram of good wholesome Scots spirits, there is now the tea-kettle put to the fire, the tea-table and silver and china equipage brought in, and marmalade and cream". 142:. During the battle the attack on Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum's barrier had been repeatedly repulsed with heavy losses inflicted on the attackers. However, with the Jacobite defeat Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum was taken prisoner and kept as a hostage. He was imprisoned in 170:
Brigadier William Mackintosh, 4th of Borlum, escaped abroad and his father, the 3rd of Borlum, died the same year. He returned with a small force of 6,000 Scots and Spaniards during the
71:, the chief of the Clan Mackintosh along with Mackintosh of Borlum marched into the town of Inverness to proclaim King James. Mackintosh of Borlum intercepted post that granted a 87:
in boats on 11 and 12 October 1715, but only about 1500 of them made it across, including the whole of the Mackintosh regiment. Mackintosh of Borlum came close to capturing
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who supported the Government made an approach on the fort but withdrew after seeing that an assault would be useless without cannons and that the occupants were defiant.
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William Mackintosh, 4th of Borlum had married Mary Reade, and they had two sons Lachlan and Shaw who both emigrated to the
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tune called "Mackintosh of Borlum's Salute" that was written in honour of Brigadier William Mackintosh, 4th of Borlum.
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who dispatched a force of 2500 men under the command of Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum. They crossed the
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for the Jacobites. Instead the Jacobite army, now under the command of Forster, was defeated at the
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Letters of Two Centuries, Chiefly Connected with Inverness and the Highlands, from 1616 to 1815
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Alluding to Mackintosh of Borlum's escape from Newgate Prison was the following London ballad:
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ballad which relates to the death of Mackintosh of Borlum and which translates in English as:
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William Mackintosh, 4th of Borlum had achieved some distinction in French service. When the
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considers that Mackintosh of Borlum should really have led the rising instead of Mar.
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Who Made the Scottish Enlightenment? A Personal, Biographical and Analytical Enquir
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Castles of the Clans: The Strongholds and Seats of 750 Scottish Families and Clans
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with the Highland Rangers, a regiment in the British Army that was recruited by
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Mackintosh-Shaw, Alexander (1880). "Borlum Branch, With Offshoot of Raigmore".
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Historical Memoirs of the House and Clan of Mackintosh and of the Clan Chattan
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Historical Memoirs of the House and Clan of Mackintosh and of the Clan Chattan
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Historical Memoirs of the House and Clan of Mackintosh and of the Clan Chattan
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to be made commandant of Inverness. The leader of the Jacobite rising was
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but it was too well defended and so he instead took possession of
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had taken place of beer and ale on the breakfast table.
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Mackay, John; Mackintosh, Angus, eds. (January 1903).
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Mackay, John; Mackintosh, Angus, eds. (January 1903).
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London: Michael Joseph. p. 18. 300:Rough the seas o'er which thou sailed. 259:From his fair body they took his head; 210:. He was succeeded by his eldest son. 206:. Both Lachlan and Shaw fought in the 17:Brigadier William Mackintosh of Borlum 724:People of the Jacobite rising of 1719 719:People of the Jacobite rising of 1715 643:. Vol. XI. 1 Blythswood Drive, 595:. Vol. XI. 1 Blythswood Drive, 298:Ere thou reached the peaceful haven, 568:. A. & W. 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Index

Jacobite rising of 1715
Mackintosh of Borlum
Clan Mackintosh
Scottish clan
Scottish Highlands
Inverness
Jacobite rising of 1715
James Francis Edward Stuart
commission
Munro of Foulis
John Erskine, Earl of Mar
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Leith
Oliver Cromwell
Duke of Argyll
Seton House
Lord Winton
England
Lord Kenmure
Thomas Forster
General Gordon
Scotland
Battle of Preston
Lancashire
Newgate Prison
City of London
High treason
Commission
John Prebble

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