The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Jacobitism as a major factor in British politics.
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Charles Edward StuartJacobite leader (1720–1788)
Jacobitism17th to 18th-century British political ideology
EnglandCountry within the United KingdomJacobitism17th to 18th-century British political ideology
Prince William, Duke of CumberlandBritish prince (1721–1765)
John Cope (British Army officer)British Army general
DerbyCity in Derbyshire, England
Battle of Culloden1746 battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745
Henry HawleyBritish army officer prominent during the Jacobite Rising (1685–1759)
