Siege of Brahan

Siege of Brahan
Part of Jacobite rising of 1715
Brahan Castle
Date November 1715 Location Brahan Castle, Scotland 57°33′24″N 4°29′21″W / 57.5568°N 4.4893°W / 57.5568; -4.4893 Result Government victory
Belligerents
Great Britain: Clan Sutherland Clan Munro Clan Fraser of Lovat	Jacobites: Clan Mackenzie
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Sutherland Baronet Munro Fraser of Castle Leathers	Earl of Seaforth
Strength
1500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	400 cows seized 200 sheep seized
class=notpageimage| Location within Scotland

The siege of Brahan took place in Scotland in November 1715 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715. Highlanders loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George I of Great Britain laid siege to Brahan Castle, seat of William Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth, who was a staunch Jacobite, loyal to the House of Stuart.^[1]