A genuine narrative of the life, behaviour, and conduct, of Simon, Lord Fraser, of Lovat, : from his birth at Beaufort near Inverness, in 1667, to his execution on Tower Hill, on Thursday, April 9, 1747. Containing a vast variety of actions in the different scenes of life which his Lordship was engag'd; his artful management in procuring a pass from the Duke of Queensberry, to go into the Highlands to execute a commission from the court of France, to stir up a rebellion, and the double part he acted till he had done his business, and got safe back to France. Also, the share he had in the rebellion ; the manner of forcing his son into it. With an extract of the letter, which he sent to the Young Pretender on that occasion. Likewise a particular account of his behaviour, during his confinement in the Tower, and on the scaffold at the time of his execution. /
Fraser, James,1713-1754.
London: : Printed for and sold by B. Cole, in King's-Head-Court, Holbourn.,
1747..
With folding engraved frontispiece portrait of Simon, Lord Fraser of Lovat (37 x23 cm).
ESTC
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747.
Jacobites
Last words
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746