The gold was intended for Bonnie Prince Charlie
Posted on 02/19/2007 7:39:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists hope to find missing French gold sent to Scotland to help fund a Jacobite Rebellion buried under a remote Highland beach. A portion of the money was believed to have been hidden at Arisaig, near Mallaig, in the 1700s... The money did not arrive in Scotland until after the Jacobites' defeat at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. It was intended to finance Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - and his efforts against the British monarch, George II, and put his father James Stuart on the throne. Mr Oliver, an archaeologist and co-presenter of TV programmes Two Men in a Trench and Coast, said the original complete sum of money sent from France may be worth £5m today... the clues to its possible location were contained in a letter believed to have been written in October 1746. He said: "It appears to be a death bed confession from a Jacobite who took some of the money and hid it... He says in his letter that he didn't know what it was when he took it then when he found out that it belonged to his rightful prince he made his confession to make sure it got back its rightful owner."
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The gold was intended for Bonnie Prince Charlie
Question on European/British Isles history
Posted on 02/06/2007 3:52:22 PM EST by ConservativeDude
I don't understand the 1745 Jacobite uprising in Scotland
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I love this sort of thing. Thanks for the post.
I've added it to the keyword.
Thanks SunkenCiv. One branch of my ancestors crossed the pond from Scotland after Culloden.
The series was called "The Golden Chronicles" by Patricia Veryan, and they were NOT bodice-rippers, but very good novels. I highly recommend them as entertainment.
My pleasure, although Blam beat me to the topic:
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The treasure is currently buried in old, rusty pipelines in Alaska.
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