The Chevalier de Johnstone is one of the most colourful personalities to have come through Cape Breton in the 18th century. A Scottish exile who was involved in the 1746 Jacobite Rebellion, Johnstone was likely one of the only - if not the only - Scotsmen in Cape Breton during the time of Louisbourg. He is often in the right place, but simply not at the right time. Special thanks to the Barra MacNeils for kindly allowing us to use their rendition of the song “Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife” for this episode.SHOW NOTES: MUSICAL CREDITS - -- The Barra MacNeils - “Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife.” -- J.S. Bach - Sonata No.5 in F MinorSOURCES:1. Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746 - https://archive.org/details/memoirsof...2. The Campaign of Louisbourg 1750 - ’58 - https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....3. T. A. Crowley, “JOHNSTONE, JAMES, Chevalier de Johnstone,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 10, 2024, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/johnst....