In 1689 during Viscount Dundee's campaign in support of the deposed James VII, seventeen suspected Jacobites from Aberdeen were seized and held in the fortress for around three weeks, including George Liddell, professor of mathematics at Marischal College.
Seventeen suspected Jacobites from Aberdeen were seized and held in the fortress for around three weeks. This was including George Liddell. This was in 1689 during Viscount Dundee's campaign in support of the deposed James VII. George Liddell was professor of mathematics at Marischal College.