During the Jacobite rising of 1715 - 1719 the chiefs of the Highland Clan Ross had supported the British Hanovarian government. The rising of 1715 was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Sheriffmuir and another minor rising defeated at the Battle of Glenshiel in 1719, where troops from the Clan Ross had fought in support of the government and defeated the likes of the Jacobite Clan Mackenzie.