Scotland Magazine section Scottish Jacobites

Gael Force

Take a swift history lesson, from James II to Queen Victoria - and discover the influence of the Jacobites on Scotland's past

In 1685, aged 52, James Stuart was crowned king of Great Britain. His father Charles I believed he had a divine right to rule as his fancy dictated. Parliament disagreed, and they went to war. The king lost and was decapitated. Oliver Cromwell became the Lord Protector and that should have settled t...

By James Irvine Robertson from Issue 2 published on 5/6/2002