Whiggamore Raid

Whiggamore Raid
Part of the Scottish Civil War

Engraving of Edinburgh by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1670
DateSeptember 1648
Location
Result
Belligerents
Kirk Party

Kingdom of Scotland Committee of Estates

Commanders and leaders
The Earl of Eglinton
The Earl of Leven
Kingdom of Scotland Earl of Loudoun (Lord Chancellor) Surrendered

The Whiggamore Raid (or "March of the Whiggamores") was a march on Edinburgh by supporters of the Kirk faction of the Covenanters to take power from the Engagers whose army had recently been defeated by the English New Model Army at the Battle of Preston (1648).[1]

Whiggamores (later shortened to Whigs)—a term most likely originating from the Scots for "mare drivers"[2]—became a nickname for the Kirk party who were against the Engagement with King Charles I.[1]

  1. ^ a b Herman 2001, p. 46.
  2. ^ Hoad 1996, Whig.