Argyll's Rising
Argyll's Rising or Argyll's Rebellion was a 1685 attempt to overthrow King James II and VII of England, Ireland, and Scotland by a group of Scottish exiles. Led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, the rising was intended to tie down Royal forces in Scotland while a simultaneous rebellion under James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth began in England. Both rebellions were backed by dissident Protestants opposed to the accession of the Roman Catholic James to the throne.
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Argyll's Rising
Argyll's Rising or Argyll's Rebellion was a 1685 attempt to overthrow King James II and VII of England, Ireland, and Scotland by a group of Scottish exiles. Led by Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, the rising was intended to tie down Royal forces in Scotland while a simultaneous rebellion under James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth began in England. Both rebellions were backed by dissident Protestants opposed to the accession of the Roman Catholic James to the throne.
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Argyll's Rising or Argyll's Re ...... , who was executed on 30 June.
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Covenanter rebels
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Government victory
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1,500 to 2,500
3,000 regulars
c.7,000 militia
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Argyll and Bute 1685; key locations
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casualties
Small number of battlefield casualties
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c.300 transported
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few
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combatant
Covenanter rebels
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commander
Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll
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Campbell of Auchinbreck
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George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton
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John Ayloffe
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John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl
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Richard Rumbold
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Sir John Cochrane
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Sir Patrick Hume
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Argyll's Rising
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date
May – June 1685
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Ardkinglas
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Bute
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Campbeltown
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EileanDearg
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Greenock
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Kilarrow
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Tarbert
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5.57551e+1
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5.58632e+1
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5.58274e+1
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5.59456e+1
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-6.2864e+0
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-5.4156e+0
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-5.0934e+0
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-5.1913e+0
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-4.9471e+0
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yes
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result
Government victory
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c.7,000 militia
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Argyll's Rising or Argyll's Re ...... Catholic James to the throne.
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Argyll's Rising
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