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Mar, John Erskine, 6th or 11th Earl of 1675-1732
Scottish Jacobite

He was born in Alloa, Ayrshire. He began public life as a Whig, but his frequent changes of side earned him the nickname of 'Bobbing John'. He headed the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, was defeated at Sheriffmuir, and died in exile at Aix-la-Chapelle. His Legacy was published by the Scottish History Society in 1896.