The young prince was brought up by strict governors to be the perfect example of a Renaissance Protestant monarch and was looked on to secure the Stuart dynasty for generations. But the course of ...

The Jacobites sought to restore the deposed Stuart dynasty to the Scottish and English throne. While James, often referred to as 'the old pretender', was unsuccessful, his son Prince Charles ...

Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and they wanted to put The Old Pretender on the throne. From 1707 they were supported by Scottish anti-Union groups. This was because a ...