He commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at Battle of Killiecrankie, and held out in the island of Kernburgh until 1692, when he made his peace with William III of England.
He commanded the right wing of the Jacobite army at Battle of Killiecrankie, and held out in Cairnburgh Castle, which straddles Cairn na Burgh Mòr and Cairn na Burgh Beag. In 1692 he made his peace with William III of England.