Editing Rob Roy MacGregor (section)

==Glen Shira==
[[File:Rob Roy MacGregors house in Glen Shira.jpg|thumb|The remains of Rob Roy MacGregor's house in upper [[Glen Shira]]]]

Despite having fought on opposing sides during the 1715 rising, MacGregor and his family moved immediately afterwards to [[Glen Shira]], where they lived under the protection of [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], also known as Red John of the Battles, "Iain Ruaidh nan Cath". Argyll sought to negotiate an amnesty and protection for Rob. When MacGregor's allegations about the reasons for his outlawry were made public by the Duke, it was widely believed, according to a surviving letter by a [[Church of Scotland minister]], that Montrose and Atholl were both part of a plot by Argyll's enemies in the [[House of Lords]] and at Court.

The Duke also granted him permission to build a house in the Glen for the surrendering up of weapons, "Traditionally the story goes that Argyll only received a large cache of rusty old weapons."<ref>Nigel Tranter, ''Rob Roy MacGregor'', New York: Barnes and Noble. {{ISBN|1-897784-31-7}} (2005 reprint)</ref> A [[sporran]] and [[dirk]] handle which belonged to Rob Roy may still be seen at [[Inveraray Castle]]. Rob Roy allegedly continued to use Glen Shira as a base for [[cattle raiding]] against the Montrose estates and despite repeated demands from the latter, Argyll refused to hand MacGregor over or otherwise curb his activities.

In July 1717, MacGregor and the whole of the [[Clan Gregor]] were specifically excluded from the benefits of the [[Indemnity Act 1717]] which had the effect of pardoning all others who took part in the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]].<ref>[[Peter Hume Brown]], ''A History of Scotland to the Present Time'', p. 154</ref>

MacGregor participated in the [[Battle of Glen Shiel]] in 1719, in which a British Government army with allied Highlanders defeated a force of Jacobite Scots supported by the Spanish. Two of the Jacobite commanders, [[Lord George Murray (general)|Lord George Murray]] and the [[William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth|5th Earl of Seaforth]], were badly wounded.<ref>W. K. Dickson, ed. ''The Jacobite Attempt of 1719'', SHS 1895, Introduction and p. 272</ref> Some accounts claim that Rob Roy himself was wounded, but the actual text of Ormonde's account of the battle provides no evidence for this claim. Instead, it states that Seaforth was wounded: "Finding himself hard-pressed, Lord Seaforth sent for further support. A reinforcement under Rob Roy went to his aid, but before it reached him the greater part of his men had given way, and he himself had been severely wounded in the arm."

Sometime around 1720 and after the heat of MacGregor’s involvement at the Battle of Glen Shiel had died down, Rob Roy moved to Monachyle Tuarach by [[Loch Doine]]. Sometime before 1722, he finally moved to Inverlochlarig Beag on the Braes of [[Balquhidder]].