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Also Known As Plotter
Born c.1637 • Aberdeenshire • Scotland
Died 1714 • London • England
Political Affiliation Jacobite
Role In Monmouth’s Rebellion • Rye House Plot
George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly
Scottish conspirator
Angus, William Douglas, 10th earl of
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
Scottish rebel
Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet
Scottish politician
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
Scottish Protestant leader [1629–1685]
Robert Baillie
Scottish rebel
William Carstares
Scottish minister
Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat
Scottish Jacobite
Lord Dundee, ink miniature by David Paton; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st viscount of Dundee
Scottish soldier
John Murray, 2nd earl and 1st marquess of Atholl
Scottish Royalist
Ewen Cameron
Scottish Highland chieftain
Sir John Murray, Baronet
Scottish Jacobite
Mar, John Erskine, 6th earl of, Lord Erskine
John Erskine, 6th earl of Mar
Scottish noble [1675-1732]
Charles Middleton, 2nd earl of Middleton
British statesman
William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure
Scottish Jacobite
Flora Macdonald, detail of an oil painting by Allan Ramsay; in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Flora Macdonald
Scottish Jacobite
Lord George Murray
Scottish general
Angelina Grimké
American abolitionist
Sarah Grimké
American abolitionist
Poet John Milton
John Milton
English poet
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author