Siege of Blair Castle

Siege of Blair Castle
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745
Blair Castle
Date 17 March 1746 to 2 April 1746 Location Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland Result Jacobite forces withdrew, Government garrison relieved.
Belligerents
Government: Royal Scots Fusiliers	Jacobites: Clan Murray Clan Macpherson
Commanders and leaders
Sir Andrew Agnew[1]	Lord George Murray
Strength
300	1000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	unknown

The siege of Blair Castle was a conflict that took place in Scotland in March 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.^[2] It was fought between Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George II of Great Britain, which defended Blair Castle near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire, and Scottish Jacobite forces loyal to the House of Stuart.^[2]