Margaret Murray recruiting for the Jacobites, 1745

Margaret Fergusson Murray, Jacobite supporter and wife of (later turncoat) John Murray of Broughton, recruits supporters to the cause and distributes white cockades, the symbol of the Jacobite cause. The event was the return of the Old Pretender, declared King James VIII at the Mercat cross in Edinburgh

1740s 1745 Announcement Broughton Cockade Cockades Fergusson Jacobite Jacobites Mercat Pretender Proclaimation Recruiting Ribbons

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