Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart (Pimlico)

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by McLynn, Frank


  Personality, character and attributes of: personality of, 74–6, 552–3, 555; physical appearance of, 60, 73, 486, 490–1; intellectual abilities of, 72, 352, 553; wit and humour of, 33, 160–1, 282, 283, 309, 490, 553, 555; intellectual interests of, 60, 344–5; love of books of, 519–21; love of music of; 60, 74, 311, 482, 520; love of theatre and opera, 60–1, 482, 540; attitude of, to religion, 46, 348–9, 399, 407, 422, 428–9, 453–4, 470, 476, 481, 502; as hunter, 31, 47, 59–60, 272, 333–4, 461, 467, 482; as dancer, 30, 52, 55–7, 61, 144, 162, 204, 235, 304, 375; as golf player, 28; appeal of, for women, 55, 73, 148–9, 162–3, 186, 264, 280, 489; difficulties of, in forming satisfactory relationships with women, 46, 73, 161, 162–3, 204, 216, 235–6, 243–4, 247–8, 305, 347, 393–4, 521–2; merciful and compassionate nature of, 154–5, 159–61, 213, 282, 309, 336, 365–6, 405, 464, 465; psychological problems (guilt, depression, paranoia); 74–5, 98, 196, 204, 212, 215–17, 235–6, 246–7, 258, 261, 263–4, 267, 269, 273, 281, 292, 297, 301, 304–5, 312, 321, 325, 333, 334, 335, 347, 361, 364, 393, 414, 430, 431–2, 433, 478, 482–3, 507, 519, 520, 524, 549, 553, 554; illnesses of, 29, 31, 35, 37, 44, 60, 81, 113, 203–4, 214, 224, 226–7, 232–3, 367–8, 422, 434–5, 439, 455; suffers from seasickness, 41, 121, 267; liking of for alcohol, and alcoholism, 123, 269–71, 273, 285–6, 302–3, 306, 316, 333–4, 421, 433, 434–5, 437, 440–1, 447, 453, 455, 459–60, 463, 467, 482–3, 484, 485, 504, 513, 521, 524, 538; financial problems of, 104–6, 117–18, 141, 169, 233–5, 316–17, 419, 434–5, 441, 455, 464, 484, 488, 492, 502, 506–8, 516, 526–7, 530, 531–2, 535; legatee of Sobieski fortune, 104–6; political abilities of, 552; strategic and tactical abilities of, 173, 241–3, 249–61; 552; and the American Revolution, 510, 518–19, 530; self-destructive tendencies of, 199–200, 212, 214, 235–6, 239, 251, 261, 297, 312, 323, 325, 352, 361, 406, 412, 421, 461, 470, 508; as master of disguise, 385

  Relationships: with women, see Duchesse de Montbazon, Duchesse d’Aiguillon, Princesse de Talmont, Clementina Walkinshaw, Louise of Stolberg, and Clementina Sobieska; with men, see James Stuart, Henry Stuart, Lord George Murray, Earl Marischal Keith, duke of Berwick, Louis XV

  Charles XII of Sweden, 310, 362, 461, 517

  Charlotte Stuart, duchess of Albany, 422, 423, 425–6, 427, 432, 439, 440, 441, 448, 450, 455, 456, 457, 459, 465, 503–4, 539–50

  Chauvelin, Germain Louis de Grisenoy, 34

  Chisholms, 178

  Choiseul, Joseph de, marquis de Stainville, 344, 381, 449–54, 456, 465, 472, 477, 478, 481–2, 492–3, 533

  Clancarty, Robert MacCarty, earl of, 315, 317, 447

  Clanranald, clan, 120, 128, 129–30, 133, 148, 153, 170, 177, 178, 223, 228, 239, 240, 256, 280, 281, 282, 283, 290, 292

  Clanranald, Ranald of (‘Young Clanranald’), 130, 131, 135, 136, 156, 178, 179, 181, 188, 212, 256, 266, 268, 291–2, 293

  Clare, Charles O’Brien, viscount, 114, 121, 234, 401, 404, 408, 424

  Clement XII, Pope, 30, 32, 38, 44, 45, 47, 50, 57, 67–8, 532–3

  Clement XIII, Pope, 470–9, 482, 483–4, 486

  Clement XIV, pope, 486–7, 493–4, 497–8, 500–1, 503

  Clifton, skirmish at, 198–9, 226

  Cope, Sir John, 125, 126, 136–40, 143, 144, 146, 147–8, 149–50, 151–6, 158, 161, 169, 174, 195, 202, 214

  Cordara, Giulio, 59, 533

  Corradale, the prince on, 271–6, 277, 278, 280

  Corriearrack pass, 137–9, 147, 149

  Corsica, 70, 384, 434

  Cotton, Sir John Hynde, 70–1, 172, 173, 189

  Craon, Marc de Beavau, Prince de, 61, 290

  Crieff, 138, 220–1, 222, 409

  Cromarty, George Mackenzie, earl of, 202, 222, 228, 234, 239

  Cruise, father John, 107, 404

  Culloden, battle of, 143, 151, 181, 226, 237, 239, 240–61, 263, 274, 281, 289, 292, 296, 303, 309, 325, 334, 355, 370, 436, 464, 470, 480, 483, 557

  Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, 48, 126, 154, 159, 174, 181, 186, 187, 188, 191, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 212, 213, 214–15, 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 225–6, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231–2, 233, 235, 236–60, 263, 265, 268, 274, 275, 284, 287, 289, 290, 300, 301, 304, 309, 321, 335, 344, 396, 397, 398, 400, 464, 557

  Daniel, John, 185, 224–5, 257

  Defoe, Daniel, 63, 64

  Derby, 143, 163, 180, 186, 187–96, 198, 200, 203, 205, 212, 217, 247, 312, 334, 459, 493, 519, 553, 556

  Diderot, Denis, 290, 310

  Drummond, Lord John, 202, 203, 206, 207, 210, 211, 222, 226, 227, 230, 231, 238, 242, 244, 245, 246, 252, 255, 256, 271, 274, 311

  Dunbar, see Murray, James of Stormont

  Dundee, 141, 175

  Dunkirk, 89, 90, 93, 94, 102, 108, 405, 417

  Dutch, 168, 174, 202, 451, 519

  Edgar James, 21, 24, 26, 28, 44–5, 47, 58, 74, 113, 333, 419, 421, 431, 432, 437, 438, 444, 447, 464, 480

  Edinburgh, 120, 125, 134, 137, 134, 138, 144, 145–50, 155, 156–63, 168, 169, 170, 171, 181, 182, 186, 188, 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 211, 212, 214, 219, 224, 226, 235, 283

  Eguilles, Alexandre de Boyer, marquis d’, 165–70, 184, 185, 197, 199, 211, 224, 230, 250, 324

  Eigg (island), 267, 273, 275

  Elcho, David Wemyss, Lord, 60, 90, 112, 141, 148, 156, 157, 159, 162, 172, 199, 206, 207, 220, 252, 258, 262, 263, 266–7, 271, 274, 275, 452, 549; Elcho’s Lifeguards, 162, 182, 184, 198, 203, 207, 208, 219, 222, 230, 257

  Elizabeth Petrovna, czarina, 324, 411

  English Jacobites, 89–90, 92–3, 170–2, 173, 186, 187, 188–9, 193–4, 396, 397–413, 420, 423, 427, 428–9, 433, 436, 441, 442, 445, 451, 463–4

  Episcopalianism, 125, 126

  Eriskay, 128–30, 267

  Falkirk, 143, 145, 203, 207, 216, 219; battle of, 207–11, 213–14, 217, 226, 228, 233, 247, 251, 252, 254

  Farquharson clan, 178, 202, 203, 221

  Fassifern, John Cameron of, 132, 137, 409

  Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe, Archbishop of Cambrai, 2, 12

  Fergusson, Captain John, 159, 271, 275, 278, 279, 283, 289

  Ferrand, Elisabeth, 378–9, 386, 388, 389, 390, 394, 396–7, 419–20

  Ferrara, 55, 381

  Fielding, Henry, 63, 191, 519, 520

  Finale, 84–6

  Fitzjames, Charles, maréchal duc de, 488, 493, 494–6, 498, 502, 506, 507, 508, 528

  Florence, 56, 57, 69, 477, 489, 490, 493, 505, 509, 510, 511–45

  Fontenoy, battle of, 126, 136, 203

  Forbes, Duncan of Culloden, Lord President, 126, 134, 143, 160, 161, 162, 169, 174, 177, 226, 228

  Fort Augustus, 120, 137, 202, 226–7, 231, 284, 289, 292, 294, 296, 298, 299

  Fort William, 134–5, 136, 137, 222, 227, 233, 235, 237, 240, 262, 294

  Fortrose, see Mackenzie

  France and the Jacobites (see also Louis XV), 1–2, 15, 25, 26, 32, 34, 37, 43, 48, 49, 64, 65, 66–9, 70–1, 77–122, 125, 126, 132–33, 156, 161, 163, 165, 166–8, 169, 179, 174, 175, 188, 189, 192–3, 195, 197, 203, 214, 215, 221, 225, 226, 227, 233, 234, 235, 236, 250, 274–5, 277, 298, 301, 306–7, 310, 314–15, 335, 348–68, 395, 400, 401, 402, 406, 408, 411, 412, 431, 437–8, 440, 441–5, 447–54, 455–8, 472, 476, 478, 487, 492–3, 500, 506–8, 519, 530–2

  Frascati, 84, 482, 483, 487, 526, 537, 549

  Fraser, clan (see also Lord Lovat), 137, 160, 164, 170, 202, 203, 239

  Frederick II (‘the Great’) of Prussia, 71, 72, 103, 308, 348–9, 354–5, 379, 383, 391, 400, 401–2, 404, 406, 408, 410–12, 429, 430, 431, 500, 549

  Freemasonry, 532–5, 548

  Gaeta, siege of, 38–42; (mentioned) 43, 47, 48, 54, 57

  Genoa, 30, 52, 82, 84, 88, 527

  George II, King, 55, 92, 125, 134, 144, 173, 191, 192, 193, 212, 308, 315, 335, 349, 352, 356, 396, 397, 400, 403, 405, 407, 461

  George III, King, 461, 478, 501, 515

  Geraldin, Sir Thomas, 121, 320, 322

  Gesvres, François Joachim Bernard Potier, duc de, 353–6, 358

 
Ghent, 397, 407, 416–21, 422, 427, 440

  Glasgow, 120, 125, 138, 145, 161, 170, 201–3, 204, 209

  Glenaladale, Alexander MacDonald of, 130, 292–7, 302

  Glenbucket, John Gordon of, 66, 135, 156, 164, 176, 180, 222, 348; Glenbucket’s regiment, 182, 184, 257

  Glencoe, Alexander MacDonald of, 131, 156, 177, 181; Glencoe MacDonalds, 120, 138, 153

  Glenfinnan, 133, 135–7, 139, 149, 215, 293, 294

  Glengarry, Alasdair Ruadh MacDonell of (‘young Glengarry’), 145, 175, 178, 202, 211, 213, 241

  Glengarry, MacDonells of, clan, 120, 131, 133, 134, 137, 148, 153, 156, 170, 177, 178, 179, 198, 211, 228, 241, 253, 295, 296, 299

  Glenmoriston, ‘Seven Men of’, 296–302, 305

  Gordon, Abbé John, 456, 458, 460, 463, 465, 468, 488, 507, 540, 541

  Gordons, clan, 161, 202

  Gordon, Lord Lewis, 156, 161, 175, 182, 202, 203, 208, 221, 348

  Goring, Sir Henry, 362, 366, 384, 388, 392, 396, 402, 403, 406, 407, 411, 412, 418–19, 422, 424, 427–30, 436

  Graeme, Sir John, 100, 107, 109, 348–9, 358, 379, 403, 438

  Grants, clan, 137, 138, 140, 150, 169, 170, 180, 202, 226, 238, 296

  Gravelines, 90–2, 96, 98, 100, 102

  Gray, Thomas, 61

  Guest, General Joshua, 146

  Gustav III, King of Sweden, 530–6, 539, 541, 545

  Hamilton, Ezekiel (‘Zeckie’), 43, 532

  Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, earl of, 63

  Harrington, Sir James, 317, 348, 362, 366, 379, 416

  Hawley, General Henry (‘Hangman’), 159, 190, 202, 203, 206, 207–11, 214, 465

  Hay, John, titular earl of Inverness, 11, 12, 16–17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 38, 58, 72, 375

  Hay, John of Restalrig, 161, 212–13, 235, 239, 241, 246, 257, 480, 485, 489

  Hebrides, 267–88

  Helvétius, Claude Adrien, 310, 388, 390, 520

  Henry Benedict, Cardinal Duke of York (later ‘Henry IX’, Cardinal-King), 15, 21, 27, 28, 58, 105, 372, 482, 489, 492, 494, 503, 554; birth of, 14; christened by the Pope, 18; James’s favourite son, 32–3, 36, 44, 47, 75, 315, 317, 326, 328, 357, 469; personality of, 59, 73–4; physical appearance of, 74; musical ability of, 60, 311; interest in theatre of, 61; as dancer, 61; religious mania of, 74; homosexual personality of, 74–5, 327, 333; excluded from the secret of Charles Edward’s departure from Rome (1744), 83, 84; in France during and after 1745, 166, 233, 310; discredited by Kelly, 313, 315–16, 317; fear of women of, 316, 317, 325–8; upstaged by his brother on proposed Spanish trip, 317–18; relations with Louis XV, 327, 329; decides to become a cardinal, 327–28; becomes cardinal, 329–33; rifts with Charles Edward in France, 312–17, 323, 439; later rifts with his brother, 459, 462, 469; and with James when cardinal, 467–69; presses for papal recognition of his brother as ‘Charles III’, 473–5, 479; reconciliations with his brother, 466, 471, 529; recognizes his brother as ‘Charles III’, 479; as bishop of Frascati, 487; backs Louise of Stolberg against his brother, 525–6, 543–4; and Alfieri, 529–30; rift with Louise of Stolberg, 535–7; relations with Charlotte, duchess of Albany, 543–55, 546–7; relations with Charles Edward (general), 32–3, 36, 44–5, 73–5, 83, 305, 310–33, 344, 376, 439, 443, 459, 462, 469, 482–4, 485, 527, 539, 545–6, 548–50, 556

  Hesse, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Prince of, 225–6, 229

  Holker, John, 398, 399, 406, 453, 457, 488, 549

  Holland (see also Dutch), 103, 411, 416

  Hume, David, 345, 368

  Huske, General John, 207, 209–10

  Inverness, earl of, see Hay, John

  Inverness (place), 134, 137, 139, 144, 146, 147, 170, 174, 202, 213, 221, 223, 224, 226, 228, 230, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 249, 250, 258, 274, 289, 294, 300, 395

  Inverurie, rout of, 202, 224, 230

  Jacobite Council of War, 156–8, 168–75, 185–6, 186–7, 187–90, 199, 220–1, 242–3

  Jacobitism (see also Episcopalianism; English Jacobites; Scotland), 63–6, 149, 163, 176–81

  James II, King of England, 1, 5, 10, 121, 476, 541

  James Francis Edward (‘James III’), the old Pretender, 204, 313, 325, 339, 384, 394, 395, 397, 407, 416, 446, 468, 476, 481, 497, 532; birth of, 1; recognized by Louis XIV as de jure king James III, 1; youth of, 2; and quietism, 2; and 1715 rising, 2; and 1719 rising, 4; marriage of, to Clementina Sobieska, 4, 6–7; and Charles Edward’s rearing and education, 8–16, 23–4, 33–4; marital rift with Clementina, 16–22, 24, 65; in Bologna, 23–5, 26–9; in Lorraine and Avignon, 25–6; in Parma and Piacenza, 27; breakdown of marriage of, 30, 32, 33, 35; and Henry, 32–33, 36, 44, 47, 75, 166, 315–33; and Gaeta campaign, 38–9, 42–5; and wife’s illness and death, 45–6; appoints Charles Edward to his council, 71; harmful legacy of, to his son, 75–6, 157–8; last sight of Charles Edward, 83; financial problems of, 104–6, worries about Scottish campaign, 112–13, 117–18; and Highland clans, 179–80; resentment of Sheridan, 119, 313; during the ’45, 275, 305; urges marriage on Charles Edward, 323–4; and scheme to make Henry a cardinal, 328–33; and relations with Louis XV, 77–83, 102, 114–15, 330, 351, 354, 357–8, 369, 442; and Henry as Cardinal, 467–9; and flight of Clementina Walkinshaw, 455–6, 458, 461–2; death of, 462–3, 470–1, 473; correspondence to and from Charles Edward, 29, 42–5, 95, 99, 102, 112–13, 116–17, 118, 121, 144, 317–18, 319, 328, 343, 351, 354, 357–8, 437–54, 462; conflict with and criticism of Charles Edward, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42–5, 47, 49, 56, 57–9, 75, 98, 123, 313, 315–16, 317–18, 320, 323, 329–33, 351, 354, 357–8, 413, 420, 435, 437–54; despised by Charles Edward, 99–100, 119, 123, 323, 332, 334–5, 351, 369–70, 432, 554, 556

  Keith, George, last hereditary earl Marischal of Scotland, 19, 20, 31, 43, 67–8, 72, 75, 90, 98, 100, 107, 108, 109, 121, 133, 168, 312, 324, 401–4, 407, 408, 409, 410–11, 412, 436, 463, 486, 532, 549, 557; relations with Charles Edward, 94–7, 99, 108, 119, 142, 335, 342, 379, 382, 394, 400, 402, 408–9, 411, 412–13, 420–1, 425, 427–31, 433; relations with James, 96, 108, 402

  Kelly, George, 58, 107, 109, 119, 128, 156, 236, 334, 343, 348, 354, 358, 378, 394, 455, 464, 470; ascendancy of, 109–10, 117, 311–19, 324–5, 443

  Kendal, 184, 198

  Keppoch, Alexander MacDonald of, 131, 133, 145, 148, 156, 170, 177, 188, 212, 216–17, 237, 243, 256, 263; Keppoch’s regiment, 133, 135, 136, 138, 148, 153, 177, 179, 211, 223, 239, 256

  Kilmarnock, William Boyd, earl of, 145, 157, 208, 230, 532, 534

  King, Dr William 396, 398, 399, 407, 410, 412, 413, 420

 

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