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Bonnie Prince Charlie, Culloden and God Save the King
In 1745 Henry Pelham presided over Parliament. Britain was still at war in Europe. The Duke of Cumberland became captain general of the armies. In Europe, the French took Tournai and then Flanders.
It is now that Charles Edward Stuart invaded Scotland. Arms, money and discipline were in short supply. The Lowlands were hostile. Charles marched south, occupying Carlisle, Penrith, Lancaster and Preston. The highland chieftains demanded to return to Scotland. At Derby Charles gave the signal to retreat. The Duke of Cumberland was quick to follow and slaughtered the Scots at Culloden Moor in April 1746.
Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped with the help of Flora Macdonald, who disguised him as a woman. The last hope of a Stuart restoration had gone.
Bonnie Prince Charlie |
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE (1720-1788)- Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender
- Eldest son of James Edward Stuart
- Helped by Louis XV, he led uprisings against the British throne, particularly in 1745, the Forty Five
- Defeated at Culloden in 1746
- Escaped with the help of Flora Macdonald
- In 1750 converted to Anglicanism
- Married Princess Louise of Stolberg in 1772 but produced no heirs
- His brother Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, did not claim the throne
The Battle of Culloden (1746) was the last land battle ever to be fought in Britain.
SCOTTISH CLANS
- For Bonnie Prince Charlie
- The Stewarts of Appin
The Robertsons
The Macphersons
The Camerons
- Against Bonnie Prince Charlie
- The Macdonalds of Sleat
The Macdonalds of Clanranald
The Macleods of Dunvegan
 
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| 1727 | George I dies
George II becomes King
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| 1728 | Irish Catholics deprived of the vote
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| 1731 | Captain Jenkins loses his ear
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| 1739 | War of Jenkins' ear against Spain
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| 1740 | Famine in Ireland
War of Austrian Succession
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| 1742 | Walpole resigns
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| 1742 | Pelham becomes Prime Minister
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| 1745 | Last Jacobite Rebellion breaks out
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| 1746 | Jacobites defeated at Cullodan
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| 1751 | Death of Frederick Prince of Wales
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| 1754 | Tom Pelham, Duke of Newcastle becomes Prime Minister
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| 1756 | Pitt the Elder becomes Secretary at War
Seven Years' War starts
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| 1760 | George II dies
George III becomes king
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