Charles Leslie (nonjuror)
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Charles Leslie was a former Church of Ireland priest who became a leading Jacobite propagandist after the 1688 Glorious Revolution. One of a small number of Irish Protestants to actively support the S
Castle Leslie, the family estate in Glaslough
Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1638–1709); Charles Leslie's first patron
Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury described Leslie as "the violentest Jacobite" active in England
Henry Sacheverell; originally a close ally, Leslie's quarrel with him and other Tories eventually led to his exile in 1711
Jacobitism
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Jacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the British throne. It was
Charles Leslie (nonjuror)
…Charles Leslie (27 July 1650 – 13 April 1722) was a former Church of Ireland priest who became a leading Jacobite propagandist after the 1688 Glorious Revolution. One of a small number of Irish Protestants to actively support the Stuarts after 1688, he is best…
James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant between 1701 and 1766
'The True Law of Free Monarchies;' James VI and I's political tract formed the basis of Stuart ideology
Charles I, whose policies caused instability throughout his three kingdoms
James II, 1685, dressed in military uniform