History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton, from the Earliest Period Till the Present Time (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... PART VI. The Lochlomond Expedition in the Tear 1715, undertaken for effectually checking the progress of the Highland Marauders, composed chiefly of the Clan Gregor, headed by the notorious Eob Roy Macgregor, in the low country; in which expedition the Dumbartonians took a very active part--A Curious Statement of the Burgh and C ounty'a Extraordinary Expense on the Occasion--Election of a Member of Parliament for the Burgh--Brief Sketch of Exemptions on the River Clyde. The great Rebellion which agitated all Britain had broken out in the year 1715, by the unfortunate Earl of Mar setting up the standard of the Stewart family, which, in an ill-omened hour, proved the ruin of many honourable families both of England and Scotland. This great public event seemed to have thrown into commotion the whole western Highlands, and gave to the notorious Rob Roy, who professed to be an adherent of the exiled Stewarts, a pretext for his unlawful depredations on the neighbouring Lowlands. As the bold leader of a rude Highland clan, he was one of the most daring freebooters who ever arose among the Highland mountains. Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, which last name he bore in consequence of the acts of Parliament abolishing his own, was the younger son of Donald Macgregor of Glengyle (said to have been a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of James II.), by his wife, a daughter of Campbell of Glenfalloch. Rob's own designation was of Inversnaid; but he appears to have acquired a right of some kind or other to the property of Craig Royston, a large track of rock and forest, lying on the east side of Loch Lomond, where that beautiful lake stretches into the dusky mountains of Glenfalloch. A large proportion of the clan Gregor also claimed the property of Balquhidder and other Hig...