Brendan King, a contributor to the St. Austin Review, shares my sympathy for the Jacobite cause. For those who don’t know, the Jacobites owe their allegiance to the heirs of the true king of England and Scotland, James II, who was deposed by an unlawful “revolution” in 1688. The Jacobite uprising of 1745 sought to reinstate the true monarchy but was defeated by the army of the usurper at Culloden in 1746.

 

Here’s Brendan’s e-mail with a link to a great website:

 

I came across this site earlier today. Considering our shared Jacobite sympathies, I have decided to send this to you. The following link leads to the online digitized edition of “The Lyon in Mourning” by Bishop Robert Forbes, a Scottish Anglican “bishop” and staunch Jacobite. It consists of valuable firsthand accounts of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

 

http://digital.nls.uk/print/transcriptions/index.html