The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 8, Number 3, Spring 2020 | Page 99

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(d. 1749), wife of the 5 th Earl of Nithsdale
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the influence Margaret Nairne had on
those around her. 47 The Duke of Atholl
communicated to the Majesty’s Magistrates
of a possible and planned return
of the Pretender, James III, in 1714,
raising men to defend against a Jacobite
rising. 48 Atholl’s sons, on the other
hand, sided with the Jacobites and
fought in the 1715 uprising against his
wishes. 49
Lady Nairne continued her part
to restore the Stuart Dynasty until her