It will be the first time the sword has returned to Scotland since it was made in Perth in 1739.
The sword was made by Perth craftsman James Brown and believed to have been given to Bonnie Prince Charlie by James Drummond, the third Duke of Perth.It would have been an important symbol of Charles Edward Stuart’s claim to the Scottish throne whilst the Jacobite court was in exile in Rome.The Duke of Perth was a key part of the 1745 Jacobite rising, mustering a regiment for Bonnie Prince Charlie’s cause.
“Perthshire sits at the heart of the Jacobite story: the scene of large-scale pitched battles like Killiecrankie and Sheriffmuir, besieged homes, scorched-earth warfare and warring kinsfolk.“Three generations of committed Perthshire Jacobites, they gambled and lost everything in their support of the exiled Stuarts.”It aims to tell the story of Perth as Scotland’s first capital.
Currently kept at Edinburgh Castle, it was historically used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs and it was brought to London for King Charles’ coronation earlier this year.
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