By
William Naismith
Why I chose John Graham
• I chose John Graham because
he is an interesting Jacobite
character
• I also chose him because he
was the first proper Jacobite
commander
Early Life
• John Graham, Viscount Dundee,
was born in 1648 in his fathers’
private estate Claverhouse near
Dundee
• He was the elder son of Sir William
Graham and Lady Madeline
Carnegie. John Graham also had
one brother and two sisters
• He was also descendent of King
Robert III
• He was a student at St Andrews
University in 1665 with his younger
brother
Start of Military Career
• Four years later John Graham travelled France as a
military volunteer
• In c.1674 he went to the Netherlands and was promoted
to Captain after saving the Dutch Prince
• In 1677 he returned to Britain. John Graham was now a
lieutenant and had to suppress the Covenanters under
Marquis of Montrose
Battle of Bothwell Brig
• On June 22nd 1679 John Graham
fought at the Battle of Bothwell Brig
in Lanarkshire for the Royal Army
• The Royal army was commanded by
Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles
II. The Covenanters were
commanded Robert Hamilton
• The Government troops won the
battle of Bothwell Brig
Marriage and Promotion
• In 1684 John Graham
married Lady Jean
Cochrane, daughter of a
feisty Covenanter family
• In 1686 he was promoted
to Major General and
Provost of Dundee
• In 1688 he was promoted
to Viscount Dundee by
King James II and VII
Support of the Stuarts
• Viscount Dundee was a strong supporter of the Stuarts
• When James II and VII was exiled and William of Orange
was installed as king, John Graham opposed this and
set about raising a Jacobite Army
Build up to Battle of Killiecrankie
• John Graham and his army set off to
Blair Castle they headed from the north
• Blair Castle controlled the Pass of
Killiecrankie
• The Government, led by General Hugh
Mackay headed through the narrow
Pass of Killiecrankie to Blair Castle
• This was where Dundee planned to fight
them
• When the Government soldiers entered
the Pass a brave Jacobite shot the
Government Calvary officer
Battle of Killiecrankie
• When the Government troops reached the
northern end of the Pass of Killiecrankie, the
Jacobites charged down the hill where the trees
stopped on the July 27, 1689
• The Highlanders fired their single shot muskets
then proceeded to use their broadswords to hack
at the Government soldiers who were srewing on
their bayonets. The Government soldiers were
also ill trained
• The Jacobites won the battle in a few minutes.
The Government troops fled, 2000 killed or
captured
• General Mackay just managed to escape
Dundee’s Death
• Bonnie Dundee was shot under the armpit as he raised
his targe at the end of the battle of Killiecrankie
• Some even say he was shot by his own man, the bullet
deflecting off something
• He died as a result of the wound on the same day, July
27th 1689, at Blair Castle
Aftermath of Killiecrankie
• A few months the later the
Jacobites were defeated at
Dunkeld
• John Graham of Claverhouse
was named ‘Bonnie Dundee’
or ‘Bonny Dundee’ a few
years after the battle of
Killiecrankie
• He is also called ‘Bluidy
Clavers’ for his ruthlessness
to the Covenanters
Viscounts Dundee’s affect on Our
Society Today
• Bonnie Dundee was the first Jacobite General
• Bonnie Dundee showed that you can rise up against a
Government and win
Why is Bonnie Dundee Famous ?
• Bonnie Dundee is famous
because he was the first
Jacobite commander
• And he led the first
Jacobite rebellion
Bibliography Information
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham,_1st_Viscount
_of_Dundee
• http://www.artfund.org/images/artwork/4999.jpg
• http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page
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