Siege of Blair Castle

Siege of Blair Castle
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Blair Castle
Date17 March 1746 to 2 April 1746
Location
Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
56°46′25″N 3°51′28″W / 56.7736°N 3.8578°W / 56.7736; -3.8578
Result Jacobite forces withdrew, Government garrison relieved.
Belligerents
Government:
Royal Scots Fusiliers		 Jacobites:
Clan Murray
Clan Macpherson
Commanders and leaders
Sir Andrew Agnew Lord George Murray
Strength
300 1,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The siege of Blair Castle was a conflict that took place in Scotland in March 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was fought between Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George II of Great Britain, which defended Blair Castle near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire, and Scottish Jacobite forces loyal to the House of Stuart.

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