Siege of Blair Castle

Siege of Blair Castle
	Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745
	; Blair Castle
Date	17 March 1746 to 2 April 1746
Location	Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Result	Jacobite forces withdrew, Government garrison relieved.
Belligerents
Government:; Royal Scots Fusiliers	Jacobites:; Clan Murray; Clan Macpherson
Commanders and leaders
Sir Andrew Agnew	Lord George Murray
Strength
300	1000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	unknown

The siege of Blair Castle was a conflict that took place in Scotland in March 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was fought between Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George II of Great Britain, which defended Blair Castle near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire, and Scottish Jacobite forces loyal to the House of Stuart.

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