Disarming Act 1715

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Highlands Services Act 1715
Act of Parliament
Commencement
1 November 1716
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Highlands Services Act 1715, also known as the Disarming Act 1715 (

broad sword, poignard, whinger, or durk, side pistol, gun, or other warlike weapon" unless authorised.[1]

However, the act proved ineffectual at enforcing the ban. In 1725 a new act was passed that for "disarming the highlands in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for the better securing the peace and quiet of that part of the kingdom". This new law was enforced by Major-General George Wade, who used it to successfully confiscate a significant number of weapons. Wade's efforts to confiscate weapons of war from was proven by the number of antiquated weapons utilised by Jacobites who answered the call when Charles Edward Stuart began the Jacobite rising of 1745 at Glenfinnan in 1745. Nevertheless, Jacobite Army troops quickly acquired many of Brown Bess muskets and bayonets after their victory at the Battle of Prestonpans.[1]

The main articles of the Disarming Act were further strengthened in the Act of Proscription 1746 following the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.

References

  1. ^ a b "Battles and Historic Events". www.stewartsociety.org. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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