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On this day, 304 years ago, late at night, James Francis Edward Stewart, the old pretender, was rowed into Peterhead Harbour landing at the old pier of Port Henry Haven to assert his hereditary right to the Crown of Britain. On his unexpected arrival, he was put up in a local house for the night.Continue reading “22nd December 1715 – James Francis Edward Stewart lands in Peterhead”