Culloden
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Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, was the last man to be beheaded in Great Britain, in April 1747 following his arrest at the battle of Culloden. Lovat, who was about eighty, had backed both the Orange-Hanoverian and Jacobite causes alternately over the years. Of course, until 1973, anyone convicted of high treason could opt to…
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Well, these death-mask/skull-inspired recreations of famous figures from the past are surely interesting….and seldom seem to chime with the impression we’ve always formed of the person concerned. Bonnie Prince Charlie is definitely of the latter type. Here’s me with a romantic idea of the dashing Stuart prince whose very name echoed through the glens of…
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Another interesting hypothesis
Arbella Stuart, Bavaria, Britain’s Real Monarch, Charles “III”, Clementina Walkinshaw, Culloden, Diana Princess of Wales, Edward of Warwick, executions, Glorious Revolution, Greys, Henry “IX”, Henry Lord Montagu, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VIII, hypotheses, illegitimacy, Jacobites, James of Monmouth, James VII/II, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Katherine Grey, Liechtenstein, Margaret of Salisbury, marriage law, Michael K Jones, Poles, Royal Marriage Secrets, Sardinia, Scotland, Seymours, Spencers, Tony Robinson, Useful ChartsOn Thursday, we published a presentation by “Useful Charts”, showing how the English throne may have descended had Henry VIII’s will been followed after 1603 as it had beforehand. Of course, the family in question may have fared differently anyway if Lady Katherine Grey, her Seymour husband, and son and Arbella Stuart, the latter’s wife,…
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I am rather enjoying this series, with visits to Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral and others, historians such as Kate Williams, Janina Ramirez and Anna Whitelock and art specialists like Jacky Klein as well as Viscountess Hinchingbrooke and several eminent journalists. There is a lot of useful information about English and British monarchs from the…
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Blood of the Clans
BBC1 Scotland, Blood of the Clans, Charles “III”, Charles I, Clan Campbell, Clan Graham, Clan MacDonald, Clan MacGregor, clans, Culloden, Derby, Earls of Argyll, Earls of Montrose, executions, Flora MacDonald, George I, George II, Jacobite rebellions, James “VIII/III”, Killiecrankie, Neil Oliver, Prestonpans, Rise of the Clans, Rob Roy MacGregor, siege of Aberdeen, Simon Fraser Lord Lovat, Viscount Claverhouse, War of the Three KingdomsNeil Oliver has been back on our screens, BBC1 Scotland at least, with another short series. Following on from his 2018 Rise of the Clans, which detailed tribal influence over events such as the ascent of Robert I and subsequently the Stewarts to Mary’s troublesome reign and deposition, Blood of the Clans deals with Scottish…
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“….Many of Britain’s most important conflicts were fought on what are now quiet stretches of countryside. Here is our guide on the best historic battle sites to visit in the UK, with a brief look at the history of each bloody battle….” To read more and see the list, go to this website
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Would these be your five? Or do you have other suggestions? PS Who can spot their deliberate mistake?
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The ten worst Britons in history?
“Popish Plot”, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Arundel, avarice, BUF, censorship, Cnut, Culloden, de heretico comburendo, Eadric Streona, Edmund Ironside, executions, Henry II, History Extra, Hugh le Despenser, Jack the Ripper, Jacobites, John, murder, perjury, Reformation, Sir Oswald Mosley, Sir Richard Rich, Thomas Becket, Titus Oates, torture, treachery, Whitechapel murders, William Duke of CumberlandThis is a very entertaining and well-illustrated 2006 article, choosing one arch-villain for each century from the eleventh to the twentieth. The all-male list includes just one King but two Archbishops of Canterbury. So what do you think?
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