The 1696 Jacobite assassination plot was an unsuccessful attempt in February 1696 to kill William III, and restore the exiled James II of England. The plot was discovered at an early stage of planning
The Triumphs of Providence, 1696 broadsheet celebrating William III's escape from assassination.
Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet was an English Army officer and politician. He succeeded to the Fenwick baronetcy after the death of his father, Sir William Fenwick, in 1677 and became a court-supportin
1696 Jacobite assassination plot
…group discussed a plan to kidnap William and smuggle him to France, but no action had been taken before the latter returned to Flanders in April 1695. Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, a key advisor to James on English affairs, dismissed these arrangements as unfeasible. Following a meeting in May 1695 with Sir John Friend and others…
Fenwick's arrest in 1696 (as later imagined in 1865)
A depiction of Lady Mary Fenwick interceding for her husband following his arrest