Ferguson was a true Scottish soldier having been born at Pitfours in Aberdeenshire. He was a career soldier from the tender Age of fourteen, and had been wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in the year 1777.

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier was an Edinburgh born female writer, who as was the custom at the time of her publishing, did so anonymously. She wrote books about the pretentious life style of the period in Edinburgh's Scottish Society. Her books included � Marriage ' in the year 1818, �Inheritance' in 1824, and �Destiny', which was also known as � The Chief's daughter'. Susan was so good at creating characters for her many various publications that even the great Sir Walter Scott commented on her brilliance by giving her the accolade of his �Sister Shadow ' Susan was a great Scot, and a credit to the Scottish literary world.

Fletcher joined Monmouth in Holland , for a few years and then sailed back to England with his force in the year 1685. However things didn't go quite to plan and Fletcher found himself once more on the run when just before the rebellion could begin, he lost his temper with the Mayor of Taunton and had to flee once more to Holland , and this time joined William of Orange, who was waiting in the wings to treacherously usurp the crown of Britain . Fletcher returned to Scotland in 1688. His alliance with William faded, however, when Fletcher decided that William would be just another king who put England ahead of Scotland . Fletcher was right in his assumptions as William of orange plunged Scotland to the very brink of bankruptcy with his devious means, for personal gain. Fletcher fought all his life to keep the two countries separate as they should be. Unfortunately for Scotland the union went ahead in 1707 because England bought the Scottish gentry with gold. Fletcher left politics in despair and spent the rest of his life in agriculture.

Duncan Forbes could be looked upon as a hero or a villain. He stood against the Jacobite cause and due to his efforts in keeping Inverness from the Jacobite army for eight months previous to the battle; he helped lay the foundations for their defeat at Culloden and the subsequent slaughter of the innocents in Scotland . He alone supported George II and his Hanoverian troops; he stood back and watched as Butcher Cumberland slaughtered innocent Scots after the battle. He saw wounded men being murdered without mercy and families raped, murdered and burnt. Their crime was that they were loyal to the true Monarchy of Scotland, that being the Stuarts.

Another Regiment which was to have close ties was the 73 rd Highlanders; this Regiment was raised by Lord MacLeod in response to the Americans deciding that they wanted to be independent of their English Yoke, that was in the year of 1777.

They went on to become the 71 st Regiment and then to be known as the 74 th They started recruiting in the Glasgow area and soon became known as �Glasgow's Own' in the early 20 th century they were to take the name of the famous H.L.I. �The Highland Light Infantry.' This Regiment wore the Mackenzie tartan.

Another major shake up for the regiment was on the 20 th of January 1921 when the formed the regiment now known as The Royal Highland Fusiliers .