 The Jacobite army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the army loyal to the Hanoverian George II led by Sir John Cope.The victory was a huge morale boost for the Jacobites, and a greatly mythologised version of the story entered art and legend.A memorial to the Battle of Prestonpans in the form of a modest stonemason-built cairn sits close to the battle site.