James Francis Edward Stuart
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James Francis Edward Stuart, also known as the Old Pretender, was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only surviv
Portrait from the studio of Alexis Simon Belle, c. 1712
James Francis Edward as Prince of Wales
James Francis Edward c. 1703, portrait in the Royal Collection attributed to Alexis Simon Belle
James ("The Old Pretender") lands in Scotland after Sheriffmuir. An 18th-century engraving.
Jacobite rising of 1745
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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Ja
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 by David Morier
James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender', or 'Chevalier de St George' portrait from 1748
Cardinal Fleury, chief minister of France 1723 to 1743; he viewed the Jacobites as an ineffective weapon for dealing with British power
Welsh Tory Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1692–1749); his blue coat was a Jacobite symbol