The Jacobite Peers: Who Betrayed the Cause

The Story of Scotland: Clans, Crowns, and the Fight for Identity — Fexingo History · Oct 12, 2026 · 11m · transcript

We often remember the Jacobite risings as a clash of clans and cobblestones, but the real fracture line ran through the drawing rooms of London. This episode explores the 'Jacobite Peers'—the Highland lairds and lowland aristocrats who inherited titles in the exiled Stuart court while sitting in the British House of Lords. We look at figures like Lord Lovat and the Earl of Mar, examining how they played a dangerous double game between two crowns. From the secret negotiations of 1708 to the betrayal during the 1745 rising, we trace how loyalty was currency and identity was a tactical…