Whiggamore Raid
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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]
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Part of the Scottish Civil War | |||||||
Engraving of Edinburgh by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1670 | |||||||
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Kirk Party | |||||||
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The Earl of Eglinton The Earl of Leven | Earl of Loudoun (Lord Chancellor) |
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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]