MENZIES, Gilbert 'a Brave Cavalier Was He' 1
- Born: About 1624
- Died: 27 April 1650, Battle of Carbisdale, Scroggie Wood, Ross-Shire, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was in battle.
User ID: Z656.
General Notes:
"At the battle of Invercharron (Carbisdale), in Ross-shire, 27th April, 1650, the standard bore the picture of the headless corpse of Charles, with the motto 'Judge and revenge my cause '. It is a matter of history how Montrose's army was put to rout by Colonel Strachan. When all appeared to be lost, Menzies was urged by Montrose and others to save himself by flight, but he refused, and met his untimely fate on the field. The old ballad laments the gallant youth in well-known lines :
'Gilbert Menzies of high degree,
By the whom the king's banner was borne ;
For a brave cavalier was he,
But now to glory he is gone.' "
from The History of Banchory Devenick 2
Research Notes:
CARBISDALE
"The Battle of Carbisdale (also known as Invercarron) took place close to the Village of Culrain on 27 April 1650 and was part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought by the Royalist leader James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, against the Scottish Government of the time, dominated by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll and a grouping of radical Covenanters, known as the Kirk Party."
from clanmacfarlane website 3
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