Entries for the tag ‘Stuart, James Francis Edward (1688-1766)’
Aka the Old Pretender, Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland 1701-66, only son of James II and his second wife, heir until his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. 
- 10 June 1715: Following the accession of the Hanoverian George I, Tories ring the bells of Leeds church on the birthday of his Jacobite rival, the Old Pretender, currently plotting a comeback
- 27 December 1745: A correspondent from Stokesley (Hambleton) recounts the destruction of their Catholic chapel by a youthful mob during the Jacobite invasion of England
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