| Siege of Inverness (1650) | |||||||
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| Part of Wars of the Three Kingdoms (Scottish Civil War) | |||||||
 Inverness Castle in modern times. Some of the old curtain wall can be seen in the foreground, while the castle building itself was rebuilt in 1836 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Covenanters of Clan Fraser of Lovat | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose & Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly | Sir James Fraser of Brea | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Siege of Inverness of 1650 was part of the Scottish Civil War that formed part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly, who was operating under the leadership of the royalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, unsuccessfully laid siege to Inverness Castle which was being held by Covenanters of the Clan Fraser of Lovat under Sir James Fraser of Brea.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Mackenzie, Alexander. History of the Frasers of Lovat, with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which is added those of Dunballoch and Phopachy. Pages 179 - 181.
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