Highland Clansman - The Jacobite Rebellion 1745

This Toy Soldier set 0561 depicts an Highland Clansman of the Jacobite Rebellion.

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Britain and Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746. These conflicts were aimed at restoring James VII of Scotland and II of England, and later his descendants of the House of Stuart, to the throne after he was deposed by Parliament during the Glorious Revolution.

The major Jacobite Risings were known as the 'Jacobite Rebellions' by the ruling governments. The 'First Jacobite Rebellion' and 'Second Jacobite Rebellion' were known respectively as 'The Fifteen' and 'The Forty-Five', after the years in which they occurred (1715 and 1745). Each uprising had unique features, but they were all part of a larger series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of Scotland and England.

After the House of Hanover succeeded to the British throne in 1714, the risings continued and intensified. They continued until the last Jacobite Rebellion, known as 'the Forty-Five', led by Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender). This rebellion was soundly defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, effectively ending any realistic hope of a Stuart restoration.

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