Culloden was the last pitched battle on British soil and, in less than an hour, around 1,300 men were slain – about 1,250 of them Jacobites. Following the battle, Jacobite supporters were executed and imprisoned and homes in the Highlands were burned. The actions resulted in the Duke of Cumberland, who led Hanoverian troops at Culloden, being nicknamed ‘the Butcher’. A campaign was launched in the months following Culloden to suppress further risings, but it was marked by hangings, executions by