What the records say
- When
- Nov 1715
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 57.56° N, 4.49° W
- Description
- November 1715
Siege of Brahan
1715 siege
The siege of Brahan took place in Scotland in November 1715 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715. Highlanders loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George I of Great Britain laid siege to Brahan Castle, seat of William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth, who was a staunch Jacobite, loyal to the House of Stuart.
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