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Linked Wikipedia Source Material in Conflict with Main Article "Rob Roy MacGregor"
With reference to the article page last modified on 5 April 2014 at 14:54, the article states "In July 1717, Rob Roy and the whole of the Clan Gregor were specifically excluded from the benefits of the Indemnity Act 1717 which had the effect of pardoning all others who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715.[4]" Notably, the words Indemnity Act 1717 in the sentence just quoted is linked to a wikipedia source article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indemnity_Act_1717.
The source article about the Indemnity Act of 1717, however, specifically states that there were other Jacobite exceptions to the Act: "There were a number of specific exceptions to the general pardon granted by the Act, including Matthew Prior and Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, who had both been held in the Tower since before the Rising of 1715, Oxford's friend Lord Harcourt and his cousin Thomas Harley. All members of the Clan MacGregor were also excluded from its benefits,[1] one of the targets of this last exclusion being the famous Rob Roy MacGregor.[2]"
Thus, the article appears to be in direct conflict with one of its source articles when it states that the effect of the Act was to pardon all who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 except Clan MacGregor. Yet, both footnote four of this article about Rob Roy MacGregor and footnote two of the source article about the Indemnity Act of 1717 cite Peter Hume Brown, A History of Scotland to the Present Time, p. 154. It seems to me that one of these conflicting articles inaccurately reflects page 154 of Peter Hume Brown's text. I will attempt to find the text, but welcome other contributors to look into this conflict, which can probably be quickly resolved if one has access to the cited text by Mr. Brown. My aim as an editor is to contribute to the quality of articles regarding Scottish history.
TaraMcKenzie (talk) 05:10, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
