Jacobite and Hanoverian Arms and Armour
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 60 items of Jacobite and Hanoverian arms and armour. These come from Scotland and England and date from 1672 to 1750. This collection includes weapons such as swords, daggers, shields, axes, muskets, bayonets and pistols. Some of these can be attributed to specific battles, such as those associated with the Second Jacobite Rising of 1745, including a musket’s flintlock from the Battle of Culloden and a sword from the Battle of Prestonpans. One particular sword, though not ascribed to any specific battle or individual, is notable for the Jacobite slogans inscribed upon it, which read ‘God Save King James VIII’ and ‘Prosperity to Scotland and No Union’. Other objects relate to the Revolution of 1688 and the subsequent 1715 Jacobite Rising, include pistols, muskets and numerous dirks. The Hanoverians succeeded the Stuarts as monarchs of Great Britain in 1714. Jacobitism was a political and military movement that opposed the reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne and then the succession of the House of Hanover. It supported the restoration of the Stuart monarchy to the British throne. In 1715 a large Jacobite Rising supported James Francis Edward Stuart, the only son of James VII and II. In 1745 another large Jacobite Rising was led by James Stuart’s son, Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. He led his army to victories and into England to take London and the throne but eventually retreated to Scotland. In 1746 he escaped to France following defeat at Culloden on 16 April 1746, the last battle to be fought in mainland Britain.
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