For the past year and a half or so I’ve read extensively on the Jacobites. I just finished “King Over the Water” by Alice Shields. In it I came across a very interesting paragraph which explained that in January of 1716, when the Old Pretender was in Perth with his troops, he sent numerous letters to the Duke of Argyll about the possibility of joining together their two armies, but these were suppressed by a jealous Earl of Mar who was worried about being supplanted. I was wondering what if the Duke of Argyll switched sides and merged his army with the Pretenders and became Commander. Would the 1715 rising succeed, how different will the rising be from OTL, what would come of the Earl of Mar, and what would the reaction in London be.
Thanks,
Nmale