On April 09, 1747 in Celtic History

Simon fraser, 11th lord lovat was beheaded for high treason

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Sun 09 Apr 1747

    Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat who in 1715 had origninally been a supporter of the House of Hanover, and then in 1745 changed sides and joined Prince Charles Edward, the young Jacobite pretender, a step treacherous in the extreme.

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