Laurence Oliphant (1691–1767)
- Laurence Oliphant (1691–1767)
Laurence Oliphant (1691-1767) was a Jacobite army officer[cite web |url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020710/ |title= Laurence Oliphant of Gask|accessdate=2007-03-09 |work= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press] who belonged to a branch settled at Findo Gask in Perthshire, Scotland. He took part in the rising of 1715, and both he and his son Laurence (d. 1792) were actively concerned in the rising of 1745, being present at the battles of Falkirk and Culloden.Fact|date=March 2007 After the ruin of the Stuart cause the Oliphants escaped to France, but were afterwards allowed to return to Scotland. Oliphant's descendants include Carolina, Baroness Nairne and Laurence Oliphant.][cite web |url=http://www.zipworld.net/~lnbdds/home/maxtone3.htm |title= Clan Oliphant |accessdate=2007-03-09 |work= Zipworld.net] ]References
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