I once heard when I was still in primary school that on the moor of Culloden after the battle during the three day slaughter and restriction of the moor that there was a young clansman who met the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke decided to ask him who the true king of Britain was so he said "Charlie is our rightful king" or something like this and the Duke was outraged so he commanded his bodyguards to kill the wounded boy and this time unlike many before they refused as they saw the boy as valiant and true to his cause. can someone please help me find the true story. (Even though it is probably a folk tale I would still like to know it again please help.)
James Wolfe's refusal to shoot a wounded soldier on Cumberland's order on the battlefield is the likely origin of the story. So Cumberland- possibly Hawley - shot him instead. General Wolfe went on to die on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 at the moment of his victory.