Many of those who had followed him had no such escape route. About two thousand Jacobites died on or fleeing the field, a further five hundred were taken prisoner, executed, transported to the Americas, or died in captivity. 5/5
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Debbie Kilroy
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Debbie Kilroy
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Award-winning historian and author of the Daily Mail Book of the Week Members Behaving Badly. History, places, ponderments.
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He ‘turn’d about his horse and went off as soon as the left wing gave way, and never offer’d to rally any of the broken corps’. He made it back to France alive. 4/
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On the ‘dark, misty, rainy’ morning of Wednesday, 16 April 1746, the army of the half-dead, Jacobite supporters of the Stuart claim to the throne & not yet recovered from a night-time march, attempted to form battle lines in a field outside Culloden. 1/
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Absolutely my pleasure!
Capel Lofft@CapelLofft
Many thanks to @DebbieKilroy for this rave review of 'The Rage of Party'. It constitutes an 'indisputable case for why political history, now perhaps more than ever, needs to be studied and understood' & is 'one political history book that absolutely should be read'. Blimey.
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In 'Rage of Party' @CapelLofft has created an indisputable case for why political history, now perhaps more than ever, needs to be studied and understood.
gethistory.co.uk/reviews/book-r…
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If you're in Oxon/South Northants, do come along if you can, for a night discussing the woeful and riotous tales of the many men who have disgraced the benches of Westminster - in a pub! The White Lion, Fewcott, 23/4, 7pm
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Sheer brilliance #NoëlCoward
UtterlyInteresting@UtterlyInterest
Ian Fleming was born on this day in 1908. When he joined the Times he negotiated a contract whereby he could spend three months of each year at his Jamaican home, Goldeneye. His neighbour in Jamaica was Noël Coward, who apparently wasn’t overly impressed with Dr No 😂
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As someone who writes about naughty MPs, it can be very refreshing to read about those who retain a conscience.
TheVictorianCommons@TheVictCommons
The former MP for Dorset, Henry Sturt, who died #OnThisDay 1866, was faced with a difficult choice over how to vote on the repeal of the corn laws in 1846. Find out more about his dilemma in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/con…
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The House later rejected the petition by 222 votes to 17. 5/5
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It called for universal adult male suffrage, a secret ballot, the removal of property qualifications, payment of MPs, equal constituencies, and annual parliaments.
The last demand has still not been met. 4/
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Is it reasonable, or practicable, to call for annual parliaments?
#otd 10 April 1848, the third Chartist petition was submitted to parliament. 1/
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April 1710. Statute of Anne, the 1st law regulating copyright, came into force in Britain. It was regulated by the British government and courts rather than by private parties. The law originally prescribed a copyright term of 14 years.
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@ladygreenkirtle @molmutius @drpjcrook The story goes that Lord Byron wasn't allowed a pet dog at Cambridge, but there was nothing in the rule book about pet bears...
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Most Brits probably just think your social class has introduced enough dangerous predators into our ecosystem in recent years without adding bears to the mix.
Ben Goldsmith@BenGoldsmith
The British are the most zoophobic people in the world. That whole David Attenborough thing? A big lie. Most Brits want to live in a parking lot. No wildlife at all. Or at least nothing more charismatic than a blue tit. So depressing.
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@molmutius I’d vote for bears! Grizzly bears on the streets of London, I think it would create an interesting dynamic (and the cubs are the cutest things in the world)
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Another, less 'fun'(?!), suggestion for the cause of death is that he overdosed on opium or similar. 2/2
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Francis Bacon, lawyer, philosopher, and disgraced politician, died #otd, 9 April 1626.
My preferred story about his death is that he caught a chill while experimenting on the best ways to freeze chicken - proving that frozen chicken does, indeed, last longer than bacon. 1/2
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