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Rob Roy Rob Roy
Rob Roy [Scottish Gaelic,=red Rob], 1671-1734, Scottish freebooter, whose real name was Robert MacGregor. He is remembered chiefly as he figures in Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1818). Deprived of their estates as a result of proscription, the MacGregors lived largely by stealing cattle and... Read more
Battle of Auldearn Battle of Auldearn
Auldearn, battle of, 1645. Montrose was unable to follow up his great victory at Inverlochy in February 1645 when many of his followers returned home. The campaign resumed the pattern of march and counter-march. This time a covenanting army under Sir John Hurry tried to surprise Montrose on 9 May at... Read more
Battle of Alford Battle of Alford
Alford, battle of, 1645. Alford was one of Montrose's brilliant victories. Pursued by William Baillie's troops, Montrose took his men up the glens and over the hills until Baillie retired on Inverness. On 2 July he found Montrose at Alford, 20 miles to the west of Aberdeen. Each side had between... Read more
Montrose Montrose
Montrose town (1991 pop. 12,127), Angus, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the South Esk River. Open to water on three sides, it is a spacious resort town, with flax and jute mills, boat yards, fruit canneries, and a fishing industry. Montrose was the scene of John de Baliol's surrender... Read more
Battle of Aberdeen Battle of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, battle of, 1644. After his victory at Tippermuir on 1 September 1644, Montrose advanced upon Aberdeen with fewer than 2,000 men against a superior covenanting force under Lord Balfour. After heavy fighting on the 13th, Montrose's troops entered the city. Incensed by the murder of a... Read more
Battle of Inverlochy Battle of Inverlochy
Inverlochy, battle of, 1645. Montrose's victory at Aberdeen in September 1644 was but a raid and he was soon on the move again, pursued by superior forces under Argyll himself. When the covenanters retired for the winter, Montrose was persuaded to an insolent incursion into the heart of Campbell... Read more
Battle of Kilsyth Battle of Kilsyth
Kilsyth, battle of, 1645. Six days after Baillie had been beaten by Montrose at Alford, outside Aberdeen, in July 1645, a covenanting parliament assembled at Stirling. Montrose moved southwards to harass it, with a force of 5,000 men. Baillie was confirmed in his command and faced him at Kilsyth,... Read more
James Graham 1st marquis of Montrose James Graham 1st marquis of Montrose
Montrose, James Graham, 1st marquis of [S] (1612–50). Though his activities were necessarily on a small scale, Montrose was the most brilliant commander on the royalist side during the Civil War and a ray of hope for a sinking cause. He inherited the earldom in 1626 when he was 14 and spent... Read more
Montrose Jonas Moses Montrose Jonas Moses
Moses, Montrose J[onas] (1878–1934), author. A scholar of world drama, the native New Yorker wrote numerous studies of American theatre that are still valuable. These works include Famous Actor‐Families in America (1906), The American Dramatist (1910), Representative Plays by American... Read more
Battle of Carbisdale Battle of Carbisdale
Carbisdale, battle of, 1650. Early in 1650 Montrose sailed from Bergen to Orkney with a small force. He moved to the mainland without gathering much support and on 27 April was surprised at Carbisdale, on the Kyle of Sutherland, west of Dornoch. His supporters were routed, Montrose captured and... Read more

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