When Charles Edward Stuart retreated north back into Scotland he left an English Jacobite regiment called the Manchester Regiment to guard Carlisle against Government troops so that he at least held one town in England. Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones claimed by his... Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders Captain Scott Jacobite Clan Chiefs Strength 2 Battalions of infantry. ... Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders John Cope Charles Edward Stuart Strength ca. ... Combatants British Dragoons of the Duke of Cumberland Jacobites Commanders Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart Lord George Murray Casualties Total of 100 dead and wounded. ... Combatants British Army Jacobite Forces Commanders MacLeod of MacLeod Lord Lewis Gordon Strength 500 men 1100 men and 5 Cannon Casualties unknown dead and wounded. ... During the Second Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Falkirk was the last noteworthy Jacobite success. ... Combatants Royal Army Jacobite Forces Commanders William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender Strength ca. ... Charles Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Carlisle is a city in the extreme northwest of England, some 16 km from the border with Scotland. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

The Jacobite garrison left to hold Carlisle surrendered to Hanoverian forces under the Duke of Cumberland. Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. ...

The Jacobite prisoners were kept chained in various locations under extreme conditions until the summer of 1745, when they were hung, drawn and disemboweled for High Treason. This is said to have been the last siege on English soil. Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ...

See Also

• Jacobite Rising
• Charles Edward Stuart
• Duke of Cumberland
• Siege of Carlisle (November 1745)
• Sieges of Carlisle

Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones claimed by his... Charles Edward Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ... Duke of Cumberland is a peerage title that was conferred upon junior members of the British royal family. ... Combatants British Garrison Jacobites Commanders Colonel Durand Charles Edward Stuart The siege and capture of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite Uprising. ...

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