Mackintosh, William
| Dates | 1690s, 1715-16 | ||
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| Location | Northern England, London | ||
| Vocation | Jacobite army officer | ||
| Place of Birth | Borlum | ||
| Marriage | Mary Reade | ||
| Issue | 6 children | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Educated at King's College, Aberdeen (1762-77) before joining a Scottish regiment, serving in the Spanish Netherlands. Although Mackintosh mainly resided in Hertsfordshire in the 1690s, also served in France, Ireland and Scotland. Whilst in France, returned to Scotland in early 1714 to support the Jacobite cause. Marched into England in November 1715, first towards Newcastle and then Preston. Made a stance at Preston but surrendered. Mackintosh was taken hostage and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Made a daring escape the day before his trial in May 1716. Fled to Paris. Returned to Scotland (1719) once again engaging in military activity. Travelled between Scotland and France in the 1720s and was ultimately captured by government troops in 1727. Spend remainder of days imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle where he died in 1743. Whilst in prison wrote 'An essay on ways and means of enclosing, fallowing, and planting lands in Scotland, and that in sixteen years at farthest' (1729), another work followed in 1742, 'A Short Scheme'.
