The Disarming Act

A Bill for the more effectual Disarming the Highlands in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for the better securing the Peace and Quiet of that Part of the Kingdom; and for restraining the Use of the Highland Dress; and for indemnifying the Judges, and other Officers of the Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for not performing the Northern Circuit in May, One thousand Seven hundred and Forty-six; and for explaining an Act made in teh First Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for the more effectual securing the Peace of the Highlands in Scotland

11 pp. 13-3/8 x 8-1/2 inches, np: 1746. Stitched. One fold. Short tear along gutter of last leaf, else Fine.

This is one of several Acts passed by Parliament following the Rising of Forty-five, seeking not only to disarm the Highlanders but to quell their national spirit, demonstrated here by the ban on the wearing of clan tartans: “…no person within that part of Great Britain called Scotland, other than such as shall be employed as Officers and Soldiers in His Majesty’s Forces, shall, on any Pretence whatsoever, wear or put on the Cloathes commonly called Highland Cloathes, that is to say, the Belted-plaid, Trowse, Shoulder-belts, or any Part whatsoever of what peculiarly belongs to the Highland Garb…” The proscription of Highland Dress lasted for a period of 36 years before being repealed in 1782

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