Part of the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745
Memorial to James Stewart of the Glens who was wrongly convicted and executed for the Appin murder
Date
14 May 1752
Location
Wood of Lettermore near Duror, Appin, Scotland
Result
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure killed James Stewart executed Allan Stewart exiled
Belligerents
British Government
Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure
Allan Breck Stewart
Casualties and losses
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure killed
James Stewart executed Allan Stewart exiled
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The Appin Murder (Scottish Gaelic: Murt na h-Apainn[1]) was the assassination of Colin Roy Campbell, the Clan Campbell tacksman of Glenure, on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland. The murder occurred in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and led to the execution of James Stewart of the Glens, often characterized as a notorious miscarriage of justice.[2] The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped and its sequel Catriona.[2]
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