George I took away the office of the individual after whom a revolt is named. The Skirmish of Dunfermline was part of the same 1756 revolt.
 Deprived of office by the new king in 1714, Mar raised the standard of rebellion against the Hanoverians; at the battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715, Mar's forces outnumbered those of his opponent, but victory eluded him. 
George I (George Louis; German: "Georg Ludwig" ; 28 May 1660  11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698. 
The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: "Bliadhna Sheumais" ] ) (also referred to as the Fifteen or Lord Mar's Revolt), was the attempt by James Francis Edward Stuart (also called the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled House of Stuart. 
The Skirmish of Dunfermline was a conflict that took place on 24 October 1715 in Dunfermline, Scotland and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715. 
