The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

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made as to the iiidcmnity, that the h^arl of ]\Iar, tlicii appointed Secretary
of State/ and Lord Leven, CoinniaiKh'r-iri-C'liief of tlie foix'es in Scotland,
should wi-ite the young Laird in a friendly maimer, and urifj his coming
to Comi with all despafcli. He obeyed, and was ofifen 1 the Eaid of
Mar'.- regiment, then vac;;!. t, Avitl I ])0wer to fill u[i blank •
inmissions
for
such j'riends as he thought proper. The ofi'er, it is said, gr.uiiled the youug
man's aml/ition, and he accep)ted the regiment.'
'llie large sums of money exj)ended by Ludo\ iclc Cirant, and the
losses incurred by his family and tenants, amounted, in the year 1G95,
as has l>een shown, to the large sum of £12,000 sterling. Although
the Scottish Pai'liament passed a special Act recommending the payment
of this sum, no part of it had been received from the Government. In
March 1707, Colonel Grant, on behalf of his father, again petitioned the
Scottish Parliament to consider the losses su.stained ly the family, and the
petition was duly recommended to Queen Anne, but as the Parhament
of Scotland dissolved on '2Sth Ajiril following, never to meet again, no
progress was made in the matter.
After the Treaty of Union was completed, and the terms of it became
publicly known in Scotland, nruch indignation was at first expressed at a
measure which, it was asserted, would deprive the nation of its independence.
This feeling jn-ompted many to look to the Coui-t of St. Germains for aid in
this cri.sis, and many comliinations were formed on liehalf of the exiled
royal family. They, on the other hand, were aware of the national feeling
arisin