The clan had a long history of support for the ‘Prince over the Water’, unlike the Campbells across Loch Fyne, Lachlan Maclachlan the 17th Clan Chief was a staunch Jacobites, supporting Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Kiliiecrankie in 1689, James VIII in the 1715 Uprising. Thirty years later in 1745, hopes were rising of the Young Pretender's imminent arrival on Scottish soil, Charles Edward Stuart unfurled his banner on the shore of Glen Shiel, the Highland clans were faced with a momentous choice. Many were ‘out’ for the Prince, while some wavered, doubting the chances of success and keenly aware of the possible consequences. Lachlan MacLachlan rallied 100 men and went Westwards to Holyrood in Edinburgh.