Charles Edward Stewart landed from France on Eriskay in the Western Isles, travelling to the mainland in a small rowing boat, coming ashore at the Sound of Arisaig just west of Glenfinnan.

Stewart announced to all the mustered clans he claimed the British throne in the name of his father James Francis Edward Stuart.

Stewart returned to the area after the battle of Culloden during his flight to evade government troops led by Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

After taking refuge with loyal supporters, he boarded a French Navy frigate on the shores of Loch nan Uamh close to where he landed and raised his standard the previous year.

Alexander Macdonald of Glenaladale, a minor branch of the Clan Donald, built a memorial tower at Glenfinnan to commemorate the raising of the standard of the Young Pretender.

[2] The tower's construction was funded partially by the wealth accrued from slave plantations in Jamaica owned by Macdonald's father, also named Alexander.