1st Edition

Anti-Jacobitism and the English People, 1714–1746

By Jonathan Oates Copyright 2023
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in Britain to the thrones of George I and George II, posed by Jacobite supporters of the exiled Stuart claimant. This book examines the responses of those loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty, whose efforts have been ignored or disparaged compared to the military perspective or that of the Jacobites. These efforts included those of the... Read more

Introduction

1. A New King and His Supporters, August 1714 – July 1715

2. Preparations, 20 July – 6 October 1715

3. The Crisis: 6 October – 13 November 1715

4. The Loyalist Triumph, 14 November 1715 – November 1716

5. Responses to New Challenges, August – October 1745

6. The Responses to the Jacobite Invasion, 8 November – 5 December 1745

7. Responses to the Jacobite Retreat and a New Threat, 5 – 31 December 1745

8. Loyalist Triumphs, January – October 1746

Conclusion

Biography

Jonathan Oates obtained a PhD from Reading University in 2001 and has been employed as Borough Archivist for the London Borough of Ealing since 1999.