Person    | Male  Born 1688  Died 18/8/1746

Lord Balmerino

Categories: Armed Forces, Execution

Countries: Scotland

Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.

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Lord Balmerino

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Tower Hill Martyrs - Kilmarnock & Balmerino

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