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Acting under Baillie, or, as he would have us infer, above him and in spite of him, were Argyle, the Earls of Crawfurd and Tullibardine, Lords Elcho, Burleigh, and Balcarres, Major-general Holborn, and others. The battle was not long, the Macleans and Clanranald Highlanders being conspicuous in beginning it, and the old Earl of Airlie and his Ogilvies in deciding it.
France would do this if sufficiently assured of support in England. The king had no enthusiasm for the enterprise. He was weary of promises and of leaning on that broken reed, Louis XV. Murray intrigued in Scotland, Lord Elcho in England, Kelly at the French court.
Twentieth-century England could not be called degenerate while she counted among her hidden treasures homes of such charm and culture and mutual confidence as those that produced the Grenfells, the Charltons, a Lord Elcho, an Edward Tennant and a Charles Sorley to pick a few names at random from that galaxy of 'golden boys' who ungrudgingly gave their lives for what?
Aeneas Macdonald, John Murray of Broughton, Lord Elcho, and Macdonald of Barrisdale have left behind them the infamous memory that always adheres to traitors. The revelations which John Murray made to save his own life were the means of sending many a gallant gentleman to Tower Hill.
There is some discrepancy of evidence; but the opinion of Lord Elcho, a man of fiery temper, and desperate at the ruin which he beheld impending, cannot fairly be taken in prejudice of a character for courage which is intimated by the nature of the enterprise itself, by the Prince's eagerness to fight on all occasions, by his determination to advance from Derby to London, and by the presence of mind which he manifested during the romantic perils of his escape.
The story of Lord Elcho's reproaching the Prince for not heading a charge of the second line at Culloden, has unluckily been circulated by Sir Walter Scott. On February 9, 1826, Scott met Sir James Stuart Denham, whose father was out in the Forty-five, and whose uncle was the Lord Elcho of that date. Lord Elcho wrote memoirs, still unpublished, but used by Mr.
The Chevalier gave him some evasive answer, and, turning his horse's head, rode off the field. Lord Elcho left two copies of his memoirs, one with Sir James Steuart's family, one with Lord Wemyss. This is better evidence than the romance of Chevalier Johnstone; and I have little doubt it is true. Yet it is no proof of the Prince's cowardice, though it shows him to have been no John of Gaunt.
It was apt to develop Peregrines; and Lord Elcho himself might have furnished Smollett with suitable adventures. There can be no doubt that Cadwallader Crabtree suggested Sir Malachi Malagrowther to Scott, and that Hatchway and Pipes, taking up their abode with Peregrine in the Fleet, gave a hint to Dickens for Sam Weller and Mr. Pickwick in the same abode.
Prince Charles Contradictions in his character Extremes of bad and good Evolution of character The Prince's personal advantages Common mistake as to the colour of his eyes His portraits from youth to age Descriptions of Charles by the Duc de Liria; the President de Brosses; Gray; Charles's courage The siege of Gaeta Story of Lord Elcho The real facts The Prince's horse shot at Culloden Foolish fables of David Hume confuted Charles's literary tastes His clemency His honourable conduct Contrast with Cumberland His graciousness His faults Charge of avarice Love of wine Religious levity James on Charles's faults An unpleasant discovery Influence of Murray of Broughton Rapid decline of character after 1746 Temper, wine, and women Deep distrust of James's Court Rupture with James Divisions among Jacobites King's men and Prince's men Marischal, Kelly, Lismore, Clancarty Anecdote of Clancarty and Braddock Clancarty and d'Argenson Balhaldie Lally Tollendal The Duke of York His secret flight from Paris 'Insigne Fourberie' Anxiety of Charles The fatal cardinal's hat Madame de Pompadour Charles rejects her advances His love affairs Madame de Talmond Voltaire's verses on her Her scepticism in religion Her husband Correspondence with Montesquieu The Duchesse d'Aiguillon Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle Charles refuses to retire to Fribourg The gold plate Scenes with Madame de Talmond Bulkeley's interference Arrest of Charles The compasses Charles goes to Avignon His desperate condition His policy Based on a scheme of d'Argenson He leaves Avignon He is lost to sight and hearing.
Lord Elcho had reconnoitred in the direction of Nairne, twelve miles off, and reported that the English army would not move that day; they were resting in their camp and celebrating their commander's birthday. Charles called a council of war at three in the afternoon.
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