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	Henry Pelham - LoveToKnow 1911
		He was educated by a private tutor and at Christ Church, Oxford, which he entered in July 1710.
		As a volunteer he served in Dormer's regiment at the battle of Preston in 1715, spent some time on the Continent, and in 1717 entered parliament for Seaford, Sussex.
		Through strong family influence and the recommendation of Walpole he was chosen in 1721 a lord of the Treasury.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Henry_Pelham (403 words)

	Battle of Preston (1715) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See Battle of Preston (1648) for the battle of the Second English Civil War.
		The Battle of Preston (9 November–14 November 1715), also refered to as the Preston Fight, was fought during the Jacobite Rising of 1715.
		The battle of Preston is often claimed to have been the last fought on English soil, but the Second Jacobite Rebellion saw a minor engagement at Clifton Moor near Penrith in Cumbria on 18 December 1745.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Preston_(1715) (555 words)

	Student Information - University of Central Lancashire
		Preston is the commercial, administrative and cultural capital of Lancashire and is home to the University of Central Lancashire, an important feature of Preston that now attracts nearly 23,000 students and leads the way in many areas of learning.
		Preston is surrounded by breathtaking countryside namely the Ribble Valley, Beacon Fell Country Park, Cuerden Valley, the Forest of Bowland and the magnificent Lake District.
		Preston is ideally located with Manchester and Liverpool less than an hour away by train and Southport and Blackpool a mere stones throw away, but whatever your requirements, you will be surprised at how much Preston has to offer and you will always enjoy a warm Lancashire welcome.
	www.uclan.ac.uk /guide2/preston (679 words)

	Battle of Preston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two battles are known as the Battle of Preston:
		The Battle of Preston (1648) was a victory for Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists during the English Civil War.
		The Battle of Preston (1715) was a defeat for the rebels in the Jacobite Rising.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Preston (115 words)

	Encyclopedia: British military history
		Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England.
		The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
		The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, was the most significant naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-military-history (5361 words)

	Military Prints, Battle of Falkirk
		This was the start of the Forty Five which would end with the defeat of the Jacobite Army on Drumossie Moor at the battle of Culloden 16th April 1746.
		Battles of the Jacobite Insurrection in Ireland and Scotland 1689-1691; 1715; 1745
		Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald in their tartans battle against the English forces, led by King George's son, the Duke of Cumberland.
	www.war-art.com /falkirk.htm (551 words)

	Battle of Preston 1715 - ScotWars
		Preston was a prosperous town with houses fronting the main streets, each house with a long, narrow ‘burgage plots’ behind it, bounded by hedges and ditches and walls, containing barns, outbuilding, gardens and orchards.
		On 9-10 November 1715 the Jacobite Army around 1,700 strong marched into Preston without opposition, two troops of dragoons who were stationed in the town withdrawing before them.
		Fortunately for the defenders and the townsfolk of Preston the wind was against the attackers and failed to drive the flames into the town.
	www.scotwars.co.uk /html/battle_of_preston_1715.htm (1563 words)

	Preston Bulletin Board (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Isaac was the grandfather of Ora Anna Preston.
		Henry Clay Preston died 7-14-1943 and is buried in the Rockwall cemetery.
		Preston was born in Trenton, N.J. the son of late Robert and Ella Preston.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/quarrybank/194/preshelp3.htm (6426 words)

	JOHN B BURNS (1681/2 - 1760)
		JNO BURNS (same person or not?) was captured at the Battle of Preston in 1715 and removed to this country unindentured.
		Preston refers to surrender of the 2nd Jacobite rebellion or the "15 Rebellion" of 1715 at Preston following 2nd battle of Preston and Battle of Sherrifmuir in Scotland.
		This battle of Sherrifmuir resulted in the transporting of Scots to the 'plantations' in 1716.
	www.angelfire.com /nf/burnscharles/johnbburns.html (3700 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Preston (1715)
		Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea.
		William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676-1744) was a noted Catholic, who took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, was captured at Preston, found guilty of treason, and sentenced to death.
		Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Preston-(1715) (1038 words)

	Clan Chattan
		In the risings of 1715 and 1745 Clan Chattan declared for the Stuarts, and suffered as a consequence.
		Among the dead and captured after the Battle of Preston in 1715 were numbered many bearing Clan Chattan surnames, especially MacGillivrays.
		Although its numbers were heavily depleted at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, the Clan remained an active member of the Confederation.
	a2fister2000.tripod.com /id68.htm (2162 words)

	British Army article - British Army land armed forces United Kingdom Royal Navy Royal Force Dominion - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The British Expeditionary Force, organized by Richard Burdon Haldane, was sent to France at the beginning of World War I. During the war, the Tank Corps and the Royal Flying Corps were formed.
		Battle of Mons, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Ypres, Battle of the Marne, etc.
		Battle of France, Battle of Dunkirk, North African Campaign, Italian Campaign, Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, Ardennes Offensive, South-East Asian Theatre
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/British_Army (1821 words)

	The Contemplator's Short History of the Jacobite Uprisings
		However, Graham was killed in his victory at Killikrankie (July 1689) and shortly thereafter the resistance was defeated at the battle of Dunkeld.
		In 1715 John Erskine, Earl of Mar, (known later as "Bobbing John" because he changed sides and later informed on many of his former allies), raised the clans again.
		The Battle of Presonpans was a complete victory for the Jacobites (largely due to the efforts of Lord George Murray).
	www.contemplator.com /history/jacobite.html (797 words)

	Battle of Preston (1715)
		The Battle of Preston (November 14 1715), was fought during the 3rd Jacobite Rebellion.
		The battle has the distinction of being the last fought on English (as opposed to British) soil.
		The forces clashed at Preston on November 14, where the Jacobites had barricaded the major roads.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battle_of_preston__1715_ (234 words)

	Scottish History - The Jacobites
		With the Union of the Parliaments the English had ensured that the House of Hanover would succeed in Scotland too and the Jacobite rebellion in 1715 was an attempt, originated by the Earl of Mar, to capitalize on discontent at the Union in general and the accession of George I (Sophia's son) in particular.
		The Jacobite standard was raised on 6 September 1715 in the north-east Highlands.
		The key to their success was the effectiveness of their artillery, which they had in abundance, and used to pulverize the Jacobites who were not ordered to charge by their commanders until many had been killed or wounded.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/lennich/jacobite.htm (4376 words)

	Waverley by Sir Walter Scott
		The mutual protection afforded by Waverley and Talbot to each other, upon which the whole plot depends, is founded upon one of those anecdotes which soften the features even of civil war; and as it is equally honourable to the memory of both parties, we have no hesitation to give their names at length.
		When the Highlanders, on the morning of the battle of Preston, 1745, made their memorable attack on Sir John Cope's army, a battery of four field-pieces was stormed and carried by the Camerons and the Stewarts of Appine.
		After the battle of Culloden had ruined the hopes of Charles Edward, and dispersed his proscribed adherents, it was Colonel Whitefoord's turn to strain every nerve to obtain Mr.
	www.4literature.net /Sir_Walter_Scott/Waverley (735 words)

	Preston, Lancashire - Town Guide
		Preston rests in the heart of Lancashire and is the administrative capital for the county.
		It was burnt by the Scots in 1322, taken and re-taken in the Civil War, and Cromwell fought a battle here in 1648.
		In 1715 the Jacobite army captured it, and then surrendered it, and in 1745 Prince Charlie passed through it twice in a fortnight.
	www.townpages.co.uk /lancashire/preston.asp (325 words)

	Maxwell Ramblings
		The story goes that " Edward, a very strong young man was captured with his chief after the battle of Preston and whilst the Earl was taken away to the Tower of London a court martial was arranged in a barn near Preston for trying prisoners of a lesser degree.
		From Froissart's Chronicles describing the defeat of the Percy's by the Earl of Douglas at the battle of Otterburn (Chevy Chase) in 1388.
		Froissart spoke to many veterans of the battle from both the English and the Scottish sides and recorded the events in his chronicle.
	www.maxwellsociety.com /History/Ramblings.htm (1322 words)

	PRESTON MESSAGES ARCHIVE
		We have visited Preston, Broughton, Goosenargh, and other places trying like most Americans to find their ancestors...We took 11 years of travel back and forth and only in 1996 were we successful.
		Her Grandfather left Preston for Canada and became the Superintendent of the Canadian Railroad, and construction to Victoria, B.C. and beyond.
		I was born in Preston 29 years ago in what was then the Royal Preston Infirmary (and apparently now a shopping centre) and am interested in the origin of my last name.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /prestonian/archive.htm (3644 words)

	British military history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Battle of Hastings - Last invasion of the British Isles bya foreign force (1066)
		Battle of Sedgemoor (1685) - second to last battle on English soil
		Battle of Preston (1715) - last battle on English soil
	www.therfcc.org /british-military-history-16534.html (123 words)

	History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Scottish Regiments
		Disturbances in Sutherland and Battle of Harlaw 1411
		At this point we detail many of the individual clan feuds that went on in the Highlands to give you an impression of the general unrest there was during the next two centuries.
		Macintosh, chief of the clan Chattan in dispute with Earl of Huntly.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/genhist (1298 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - William Murray Nairne
		William, who took the name of Nairne and became 2nd Baron Nairne, joined the standard of the Jacobites in 1715; he was taken.
		prisoner at the battle of Preston and was sentenced to death.
		In the rising of 1745 he was one of the Jacobite leaders, being present at the battles of Prestonpans, of Falkirk and of Culloden, and consequently he was attainted in 1746; but escaped to France.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/William_Murray_Nairne (286 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Forrester Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sir James, the seventh chief, was killed in the disastrous Battle of Pinkie in 1547.
		The fifth Lord, Colonel George of the Grenadier and Life Guards fought under Marlborough at Oudenarde and Malplaquet in Flanders in 1708 and 1709, and was wounded in the Battle of Preston in 1715.
		Sir David, fourth of Torwood, was killed in the Battle of Pinkie in 1547.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Forrester_202 (735 words)

	Ghosts Of The North. (Page 1)
		Her brother, Thomas Forster, was one of the plotters of the 1715 Rebellion, and it is no doubt that his Jacobite leanings were influenced by his close friendship with Lord Derwentwater, whose family home was Dilston Hall, a short distance away from Blanchland.
		In September, 1715, Thomas Forster and Lord Derwentwater rode off to join the rebels and Thomas was appointed commander of the rebel forces.
		At Preston, on 14th November, 1715, he surrendered to the King’s troops and was taken as prisoner to London.
	members.aol.com /MercStG2/GONORTHPage1.html (21176 words)

	Clan Lockhart in Lake George, NY
		Sir James Lockhart of Lee, born in 1596, was appointed a gentleman of the Privy Chamber by Charles I and was knighted.
		He was deeply implicated in the rising of 1715, the preparations for which he assisted at Carnwath and at.Dryden, his Edinburgh residence.
		He was imprisoned in Edinburgh castle, but probably, through the favour of the duke of Argyli, he was released’ without being brought to trial; but his brother Philip was taken prisoner at the battle of Preston and condemned to be shot, the sentence being executed on the 2nd of December 1715.
	www.lakegeorgenewyork.org /lockhart.htm (3982 words)

	English Genealogy
		1643 Battle of Roundaway Hill and siege of Gloucester.
		1715 The Jacobite rebellion during which the Roman Catholic Pretender attempted to seize the throne.
		1793 Naval victories at Cape St. Vincent, and Battle of the Nile.
	www.xmission.com /~nelsonb/brit4.htm (1603 words)

	PRESTON MESSAGES 1999
		I think Preston is great and that it is a good town to live in, the people or friendly and the area is so clean and welcoming.
		Thus I was born in Bradford and bred in Preston.
		The question is: "What is the origin of that place in Preston called Fishwick?" I would expect it is a village or a borough in or near the original town of Preston.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /ogara/message99.htm (10445 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The second campaign in favour of James VII and II took place in Ireland in 1690 but ended when the Jacobite forces were defeated at the Battle of the Boyne.
		This is now usually referred to as the first Jacobite Rebellion, and was raised by the disgruntled Earl of Mar, Bobbin' John, in response to having his attempts to gain office in the incoming Hanoverian government of King George I rebuffed.
		In 1746 they were finally defeated near Inverness at the Battle of Culloden by Hanoverian forces made up of English and Scottish troops under the command of the Duke of Cumberland..
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Jacobitism (1105 words)

	Scottish Battles
		Battle of Otterburn, aka 'The Battle Won by a Dead Man'
		Battle forces defeat of Charles I to the Scots later at Newark; his execution takes place in 1649 for invasion of Scotland at Battle of Preston
		Jacobites withdraw, but battle is indecisive; Government forces later defeat small Jacobite forces at Preston
	web.pdx.edu /~bettiet/Battledates.html (483 words)

	Clan Maxwell
		Maxwell was captured at the Battle of Solway Moss in the same year.
		John, the seventh Lord, remained a devout Catholic throughout the Reformation, and his name was linked with a number of plots to restore Mary, Queen of Scots, to her throne.
		His descendent, the fifth Earl of Nithsdale, was a staunch Jacobite who was captured at the Battle of Preston during the ill-fated rising of 1715.
	www.runet.edu /~festival/pages/maxwell.html (548 words)

	SEARC'S WEB GUIDE - Charles Wogan (1698-1754)
		He was a Captain of Troop in the Jacobite Army which rose at Preston in 1715 and after their defeat Wogan surrendered to General Carpenter and was imprisoned in Newgate Prison, London for a year before escaping to France on the eve of his trial in May, 1716.
		Not one regiment of them ever fled, till it was in a manner left alone; and during all the late wars, in which their principals were generally worsted, they cannot be said to have lost two pairs of colours.
		The Irish for having been steady to their principals, and not as cunning knaves as the two neighbouring nations, have groaned, during the last two centuries, under all the weight of injustice, calumny and tyranny, of which there is no example, in equal circumstances, to be shewn in any history of the universe.
	www.searcs-web.com /wogan.html (986 words)

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