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Glenkens Story: The Jacobite Gordons of Kenmure

October 11 @ 3:00 pm

“On 24th February 1716, William Gordon 6th Viscount Kenmure was executed on Tower Hill London, for his role in the 1715 Jacobite Rising.

It was the end of a journey that had begun the previous autumn when he had left Kenmure Castle to lead the Lowland Jacobite Forces.” Join Glenkens Story, Ron Dutton and David Bartholomew for an informative Talk revealing the history and intriguing secrets and interesting facts about the Gordons of Kenmure with some possible exciting associated projects about The Jacobite Gordons of Kenmure.