Memorial

J Stuart

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Current Location

Prestonpans Parish Church, Kirk Street, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Lothian, EH32 9DX, Scotland

NT 38833 74528

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 53683
Description: Tabernacle with broken pediment, scull and martial trophies
Inscription: Here lyeth the remains of John Stuart of Phisgul, a Galloway gentleman and Captain Lessel’s Reg’m’t, a man of true bravery who died honourably in defence of his King and country, and of civil and religious liberty, being barbarously murder’d by four Highlanders near the end of the Battle fought in the field of Preston on the 21st Sept 1745. This wording suggests this is his grave

War: Jacobite Risings (1689-1746)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, date of death,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional

Memorial

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor

BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN 399/1978 Source: Image Library
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN by SMURTHWAITE, D 201-2/1993 Source: Image Library