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| | St. John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | In 1712 he was created Viscount Bolingbroke, and by the influence of Abigail Masham, Queen Annes favorite, he gradually rose to become the leading figure in the government. |
 | | Bolingbrokes true intent is not known, but it is sure that, in anticipation of the succession of a pro-Whig Hanoverian to the throne, he negotiated with James Francis Stuart, the Old Pretender, and began replacing Whig officers, especially in the army, with Tories. |
 | | In France, Bolingbroke helped plan the uprising of the Jacobites in 1715, but in 1716 he was dismissed from the service of the Old Pretender on suspicion of having given secret Jacobite plans to the English government. |
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