In 1688, James Francis Edward Stuart, the Prince of Wales, was born in London during a time of heightened Protestant versus Catholic persecution. It was a birth that was drenched in rumour and ...

In 1715, when he was about 19, Grant joined the Jacobite rebellion, attempting to put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in place of George I. The uprising didn’t go so well.

3. Charles II, James II, Mary of York, Queen Anne and James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) were all born here and whenever a new monarch takes the throne, they are announced from the ...

In September 1715, John Erskine, Earl of Mar, raised the standard for a 'Jacobite' rising, intended to restore the exiled Stuart monarchy to the throne, and proclaimed James Francis Edward Stuart ...

James Francis Edward Stuart returns from exile but the Rising fails after James Francis loses his nerve. Video: A history of Scotland: Let's Pretend.

After the death of James VII his son, James Francis Edward Stuart, took up the Jacobite cause. In response to the Act of Union he plans a French invasion of Scotland. Bad luck and atrocious ...