On this day in 1745 '“ Battle of Prestonpans

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Sep 2016, 12:42 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2016, 14:38 BST
Re-enactment of the Battle of Prestonpans. Picture: Neil Hanna/JPRe-enactment of the Battle of Prestonpans. Picture: Neil Hanna/JP
Re-enactment of the Battle of Prestonpans. Picture: Neil Hanna/JP

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The Battle of Prestonpans was hailed as the first significant victory in the second Jacobite Rising, which saw a Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope defeated in just ten minutes by Jacobite forces.

The Jacobite army, loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart, was led by his son Prince Charles Edward Stuart - the Young Pretender.

The victory over the redcoat army loyal to Hanoverian King George II was fought at Prestonpans, in East Lothian.

The two sides battled at 6am on 21 September 1745.

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