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Jackson, Michael (27 March 1942 – 30 August 2007)
Once described as "a Baedeker of booze", Michael Jackson tirelessly travelled the globe in pursuit of the world's finest beers and whiskies. A renowned authority in both categories, he wrote several best-selling books about each and received numerous awards for his work. A Yorkshireman by birth, Michael developed a taste for whisky while working as a young journalist in Scotland. Among his books on the subject are The World Guide to Whisky and Michael Jackson's Malt Whisky Companion. He consistently gave Aberlour high ratings, observing: "Lovers of the richer style of Speyside malt rightly regard Aberlour as being of the top echelon".
Jacobite Rebellion
In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart sailed
from exile in France and landed in Scotland with just seven men.
He had come to claim the throne on behalf of his father James,
the only surviving son of the deposed King James II. In the months
that followed, Bonnie Prince Charlie, as he was known, gathered
together an army of mainly Highlanders. He captured Edinburgh
and then marched south into England, almost reaching the Midlands
before being forced to retreat.
Pursued by the Duke of Cumberland's much larger
army, Charles returned to Scotland and the Highlands, pausing
only to win a battle at Falkirk. Heading north, his army crossed
the River Spey at Mill Ford and encamped in Knockando churchyard,
a mile or two from Aberlour. Charles himself stayed with supporters
in Elgin. There were men from Aberlour in the Prince's army, and
others brought the soldiers food and whisky. On 16 April 1746,
Cumberland's men caught up with the Jacobite army at Culloden,
near Inverness. It was all over in 40 savage minutes, leaving
some 1,200 Highlanders dead (the English army lost 310 men). The
Young Pretender survived and eventually made it back to France.
But the Jacobite Rebellion was well and truly over.
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