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Key locations; 1689 Rising Dundee's uprising was intended to complement the Jacobite offensive in Ulster but he had insufficient resources to maintain it without external support. Opposing him was the highly experienced Hugh Mackay who had a force of around 3,500, including 1,100 men from the veteran Dutch Scots Brigade .
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Jacobitism [c] was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter Mary II of England, and his nephew, her husband William III. [1]
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Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston PC (24 September 1648 – 22 December 1695) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1675 and 1689. He became a Jacobite conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a ...
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In the 18th century a group called the "Cycle Club" met to discuss Jacobite ideas – the full name of the club, rarely used in public was the "Cycle of the White Rose". The club was founded in 1710, and was closely associated with the Williams-Wynn family , though a number of prominent families in the Wrexham area were members. [ 6 ]
The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689–1746. Scottish Cultural Press. ISBN 189821820X. Mackay, John (2017) [1836]. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay of Scoury: Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland, 1689 and 1690. Forgotten Books. ISBN 1333263538. Macpherson, James (1775). Original Papers: Containing the Secret History of Great Britain ...