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Jacobites
The Jacobites were the group of followers dedicated to the restoration of a Roman Catholic King to the Great British thrones. From 1688-1746 a series of risings occurred, in an attempt to restore James II and his subsequent heirs to the throne. Support was greatest in Ireland, Scotland and the North of England and the main years of uprising are remembered as 1715 and 1745. The decline of Jacobitism can be seen from 1747, when Henry IX, the Cardinal King (son of James II, and younger brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie) in financial difficulties after the French Revolution, bequeathed the Stuart Crown jewels to the future George IV. Although he never formally renounced his claim to the throne all Jacobite activities ceased, and on his death the Jacobite claim was passed on to those families excluded by the Act of Settlement, however a Jacobite heir has not made a claim to the throne since 1807.
James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick upon Tweed
1670-1734Army officer in the French service
Sitter in 1 portrait
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
1678-1751Politician; MP for Wootton Bassett and Berkshire; government official and political philosopher
Sitter in 11 portraits
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York
1725-1807Son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
Sitter in 10 portraits
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
1688-1766Known as 'The Old Pretender'; son of James II
Sitter associated with 61 portraits
Known as 'Marshal Keith', Jacobite and soldier in Russian and Prussian service
Sitter in 1 portrait