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Some remarkable passages in the life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner, who was slain at the battle of Preston-Pans, September 21, 1745
1807RCIN 1081550
WatersJames Gardiner fought in the Hanoverian army during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. His life and gallant death were interpreted as a classic tale of a rogue made good, and Walter Scott included Gardiner in his novel Waverley (1814). This biography was presented to Alexander I by Edmund Hepple during the Emperor’s visit to London in 1814.
First recorded in the Royal Collection in the reign of Queen Victoria.
First recorded in the Royal Collection in the reign of Queen Victoria.
