On 23 December, the Old Pretender, who had been exiled in France, landed at Peterhead, his cause largely lost.
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His successor was his son William, who joined the Jacobite standard at Braemar, during the rising of 1715, and then, having raised 3000 men, was present at the battle of Sheriffmuir and was appointed lieutenant-general of the northern counties.