ABSTRACT
The 1715 rebellion in Scotland was created by one man: John, Earl of Mar. He might have retired to live peacefully on his estates but instead he took the gamble of returning to Scotland to raise a rebellion. Back at Braemar on September 6th he raised James' standard on a hillock beside the local courthouse; the rebellion had officially begun. One of the most interesting offshoots from the main campaign in Scotland was an attempt by a party of Jacobites within the city to capture Edinburgh Castle. Had he done so, tackling Argyll's army on the way, the rebellion might have taken a different and more dangerous turn for the Hanoverian government. If reader stand on the battlements of Stirling Castle on a clear day the strategy of the Jacobite and Hanoverian commanders in Scotland during the 1715 rebellion becomes clear.
