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The Black Watch tartan is a rich, dark green and blue laced with black .
The
Black Watch was formed in the wake of the unsuccessful 1715 Jacobite
Rebellion, where James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), son of the
deposed James II, fought to put the exiled House of Stuart back on the
throne.
From 1725, General George Wade (1673–1748) formed six
military companies from the clans of the Campbells, Grants, Frasers and
Munros. They were stationed in small detachments across the Highlands to
prevent fighting among the clans, deter raiding, and to assist in
enforcing laws against the carrying of weapons. In short, they were
tasked with protecting the interests of the Hanoverian throne in
Scotland.
Wade issued an order in May 1725, for the companies
all to wear plaid of the same sort and colour. Their original uniform
was made from a 12-yard long plaid of the tartan that we know now as
the Black Watch tartan. They wore a scarlet jacket and waistcoat, with
the tartan cloth worn over the left shoulder. The name is said to come
from the dark tartan they wore, hence “black”, and from the fact that
they were policing the land, hence “watch”.
The Black Watch museum states that the cloth would be wrapped around
both shoulders and firelock (a musket type of gun) in rainy weather, and
served as a blanket at night.
The Black Watch saw action in the
French wars (1745–1815); battles of the Empire (Crimea, Indian Mutiny,
Egypt, Sudan, Boer War); First World War; Second World War; and (post
Second World War) saw action in Korea; carried out peace-keeping duties
in Kenya, Cyprus and the Balkans; and took part in the invasion of Iraq
(2003–4). Since 2006, the Black Watch has been the 3rd Battalion of the
Royal Regiment of Scotland.
About the notebook: This
notebook is made with cloth woven in mills in the United Kingdom.
Notebook pages and paper components are made with acid-free paper from
sustainable forests. Boards used in the binding process are made of 100%
recycled paper. This hardback notebook is bound in genuine British
tartan cloth with an elastic closure, ribbon market, eight perforated
end leaves and expandable inner note holder. It contains a removable
booklet about the history of clan tartans, and a bookmark that gives
information on the Black Watch tartan.
192 pages.
Left side blank, right side ruled.
Trimmed page size: 21 × 13 cm.
ISBN: 978-1-84934-454-8
Kinloch Anderson: The
tartan cloth is supplied by and produced with the authority of Kinloch
Anderson Scotland, holders of Royal Warrants of Appointment as Tailors
and Kiltmakers to HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH The
Prince of Wales.