A Son of the Rock

The Stewarts and Maxwell Stewarts of Traquair House were firm Jacobites and the house contains Jacobite relics.

Hair belonging to the parents of Bonnie Prince Charlie:-

Portrait of “Betty Burke”, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s alias when he was on the run disguised as a woman. The caption spells it Burk:-

The family was Catholic. This is the Priest Hole:-

And its stairs:-

The Lion Gates to Traquair House  were closed when James VII (James II of England) was deposed, not to be re-opened until the Stewarts were restored to the throne. They remain firmly shut:-