Culloden House Hotel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Culloden House Hotel by Douglas Nelson as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Douglas Nelson Taken: 16 May 2018
Culloden House at the time of the Jacobite Uprisings was in the ownership of the Forbes family and as staunch Presbyterians, the family had suffered during earlier Jacobite uprisings, including having the house occupied and plundered by Viscount Dundee (Bonnie Dundee) in 1688. At the time of the 1745 Uprising, Duncan Forbes was the owner of Culloden House. He was Lord Chief Justice of Scotland and was persuasive enough to convince some of the powerful Highland Chiefs not to take part in the ’45 Uprising. However, following the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Duncan Forbes was appalled at the treatment meted out to the defeated Jacobites by the Hanoverian Army and had urged George II not to inflict harsh punishment on the Highlanders. George II was not for listening, and responded to Duncan Forbes’ pleas by withholding payment of funds owed Duncan by the crown, almost ruining him. The memorial cairn sited on the nearby battlefield was built in honour of the fallen by Duncan Forbes, 8th Laird of Culloden, in 1881.
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