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Council of War; made up of 15-20 senior leaders, it was dominated by the Highland chiefs and Perthshire lords who provided most of their manpower. Divisions within the Jacobite leadership were apparent even at this early stage, Charles warning him against Lord George Murray, who
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This changed in the late 1730s, as French statesmen sought to reduce
British commercial strength, whose growth was considered a threat to the European balance of power. Few of them believed the Stuart exiles were a valid option, but Elcho arrived in Rome when they were being taken seriously for the
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became 8th Earl of Wemyss. He was excluded from the 1747 Act of
Indemnity, allegedly because 'among all the Rebel commanders, he distinguished himself by his brutality and insults and cruelty to our Prisoners.' Like Lord George Murray, he spent the rest of his life in exile, despite pleas to be
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Friedrich von Üxküll-Gyllenband, who died in childbirth a year later. He left two illegitimate daughters but no legitimate heir and his property passed to his younger brother. He died in 1787 in Paris, where he was buried and his memorial destroyed in the
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in April 1746, the
Lifeguards escorted Charles from the battlefield, who then dismissed them, as he now trusted only the Irish exiles. On 3 May, Elcho, Lord George Murray and other Jacobites were picked up by two French ships,
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earlier in the year, and shared his determination to come to
Scotland "though with a single footman". The Club urged him not to do so, unless he brought 6,000 French troops, money and weapons; Charles Stewart, 5th
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He left two manuscripts, a journal in French, covering the principal years of his life and "A Short
Account of the Affairs of Scotland, 1745-1746;" edited by Evan Charteris, this was first published in 1907.
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Jacobite leaders argued bitterly over responsibility for the Rising's failure, and Charles refused to reimburse Elcho for the money advanced at Edinburgh in 1745. He was appointed Captain in
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on 4 September, where they were joined by Lord George Murray. Elcho met them outside
Edinburgh on 16 September, bringing £1,500 in cash, which was gratefully received by Charles.
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December 1744, where he joined the Freemasons and the newly-formed pro-Jacobite Buck Club, whose members included his former Winchester classmate James Hamilton. Another was
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in 1748 ended French support for the Stuart cause, while the Scots no longer trusted him. Elcho lost his titles and lands; the attainder was not reversed until 1821, when
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which was abandoned in the 1730s but restored in the 19th century. It is one of the earliest examples of a Scottish building preserved purely for its historical value.
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of Scotland that 'if his Majesty will allow me to come home, I will give any assurance whatever for my making his Majesty a most loyall subject for the future'.
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in England, a three-week journey from his home in Fife; Elcho later recorded that he met his father only once between 1734 and 1741. One of his classmates was
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by David, Lord Elcho, with a Memoir and Notes by the Hon. Evan Charteris"
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Turner, Roger (2008). "Wemyss, David, styled sixth earl of Wemyss ".
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as 'that damned, cowardly Italian', although this is disputed.
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in October 1740, one of whose attractions was the exiled
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