Jacobite and Hanoverian Papers and Personal Items
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 17th-century maps, letters dating from 1715 to 1745 that relate to the Jacobite and Hanoverian conflict, and a framed lock of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s hair. This small collection contains five items of correspondence. There is a letter from the Duke of Argyll stating his support for the British government in 1715; a letter, signed by the Prince Charles Edward Stuart, demanding Glasgow’s support; a letter from John Murray of Broughton requesting the gathering of Glasgow’s imports to protect the city from being sacked; a letter written by the Marquis of Tweeddale in 1743 in anticipation of rebellion; and a letter from 1745 by Lord Fraser of Lovat, written in defeat from his prison cell, appealing for clemency. 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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