Auld Dubrach
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File:Colvin Smith, Patrick Grant.jpg, 1822]]
Peter Grant (1714?–1824), known as Auld Dubrach, was the last known survivor of the Jacobite rising of 1745. According to folklore he was introduced to King George IV in 1822 during his visit to Edinburgh as "His Majesty's oldest enemy".{{sfn|Woosnam-Savage|p=119|1995}}
However, this story is probably not true.{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/newspapers/caledonia/caledonia_aulddubrach.pdf|title=Auld Dubrach|website=Electricscotland.com|access-date=4 October 2018}}
A portrait of him resides in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.{{sfn|NG}}
References
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= Reference bibliography =
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- {{cite book|title=1745: Charles Edward Stuart and the Jacobites|editor1-first=Robert C.|editor1-last=Woosnam-Savage|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|year=1995|isbn=9780114953027}}
- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|NG}}|url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/29624/patrick-grant-p%C3%A0draig-grannd-dubh-bhruaich-1713-1714-1824|title=Patrick Grant [Pàdraig Grannd an Dubh-bhruaich], 1713 / 1714 - 1824|publisher=National Galleries of Scotland}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=My First Eighty Years|author1-first=Michael|author1-last=Grant|author1-link=Michael Grant (classicist)|publisher=Aidan Ellis|year=1994|isbn=9780856282577|pages=186 et seq}}
- {{cite journal|author1-first=David|author1-last=Grewar|title=Auld Dubrach|journal=Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries|volume=3|year=1910|pages=134–136}} ({{Internet Archive|id=aberdeenjournaln03unse|name=Aberdeen Journal Notes and Queries|page=281}})
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Category:Jacobite military personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:18th-century Scottish people
Category:19th-century Scottish people
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