From: "Dave Coull" <d.y.coull-AT-dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:46:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Redcoats


Andy wrote

>weren't the Campbells prime movers in this one as well?

Lots of clans sided with the Hanoverians, not just the Campbells.
And some clans were divided. In the case of the Campbells'
arch-enemies, the MacDonalds, different branches of this clan
took different sides. Flora MacDonald ("the lad who was born 
to be king" was carried "over the sea to Skye" by her) married 
a Captain MacDonald in the Hanoverian army. In some cases, 
clan chieftains hedged their bets  -  the eldest son would enlist 
in the Hanoverian army (with dad's agreement) while the younger 
son would enlist in the Jacobite army (with dad's agreement) 
thus seeking to ensure that, whichever side won, they could 
keep their land, and the winning son could intercede on behalf 
of the losing one. This tactic actually worked to a considerable
extent    -    the worst that happened to a lot of the losers 
was that they got given land in South Carolina where 
they could speak Gaelic and wear the tartan and where 
they proved to be loyal to King George when the American 
colonists rebelled. And a favourite tactic for "losers"
getting back into the winning side's good books 
was to raise a regiment to go and keep unruly 
natives in check in places like India or Africa.
By the end of the Eighteenth century, one fifth 
of the British army consisted of Highland regiments.


Dave