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Editor says, what if the Second Jacobite Rising had restored the House of Stuart? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the August 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1696, on this day at Turnham Green a gang of plotters armed with blunderbusses, musquetoons and well sharpened swords ambushed the King as he returned from a hunting party in Richmond.
Barclays Plot SucceedsThe absence of the main English fleet in the Mediterranean enabled Jacobite agents such as Sir George Barclay to push for an invasion of England by French troops. However the French demanded an English rising as the first step, and this precondition required the assassination of William.
The overthrow of the Williamite Regime led to the restoration of the House of Stuart. Only eight years old at the time, James Francis Edward (the former Prince of Wales) eventually succeeded as King James III after a period of regency. Ironically, it was his birth that had triggered the Glorious Revolution by removing William's wife Mary from the line of direct succession.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Religion Source: Wikipedia Labels: Prince of Orange, Stuart, James II, Glorious Revolution, Restoration. Editor says, in reality the plot was betrayed to the government, and nine members were executed, though Barclay escaped to France.. In authoring this article we have repurposed content from Wikipedia and the
~ Of course, Barclay swore that he would return to rule, which some say he did in banking and football sponsorship.
But, on the serious side, England could have really suffered here.
~ James II back until 1701-then James III.
~ Wonder if a Stuart Britain would get as involved in German/European affairs, possibly skipping the Seven Years' War (and the resulting taxation of the colonies in the 1770s).
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