The Glencoe Massacre: Betrayal in the Snow

In the early hours of February 13, 1692, a massacre unfolded in the remote Scottish glen of Glencoe. Government soldiers, who had been hosted as guests by the MacDonalds, turned on their hosts in a brutal act of betrayal. This episode unpicks the political context: the Jacobite rising of 1689, King William III's demand for an oath of allegiance, and the ruthless machinations of Secretary of State Sir John Dalrymple. We follow the tragic figure of MacIain, chief of the Glencoe MacDonalds, who signed the oath just days late, and Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, the reluctant commander of the massacre. The episode explores the immediate horror, the flawed royal inquiry that followed, and the enduring legacy of the event in Scottish folk memory as a symbol of state treachery. #GlencoeMassacre #MacDonald #Jacobite #WilliamIII #HighlandClans #1692 #ScotlandHistory #Dalrymple #MacIain #Glenlyon #OathOfAllegiance #Betrayal #FolkMemory #17thCentury #RoyalCommission #Highlands #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo