John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury and Chief Justice, is born in Beechwood, Co. Tipperary
John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury PC, KC (3 December 1745 – 27 July 1831), known as The Lord Norbury between 1800 and 1827, was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge.
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Charles Edward Stuart victorious at Battle of Prestonpans.
Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, leads the Jacobite army to a decisive victory at the Battle of Prestonpans on September 21, 1745. With a force of just over 3,000 Highlanders, the Jacobites overwhelm the English Royal forces commanded by Sir John Cope in a swift and stunning attack near Edinburgh.
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Bonnie Prince Charles enters Edinburgh while a bagpiper plays - The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again
The Jacobite cause was still supported by many Highland Clans, both Catholic and Protestant, and the Catholic Charles hoped for a warm welcome from these clans to start an insurgency by Jacobites throughout Britain, but there was no immediate response. Charles raised his fathers standard at Glenfinnan and there raised a large enough force to enable him to march on the city of Edinburgh, which quickly surrendered.
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Jacobite - standard raised at Glenfinna - marking the start of the 45 Rising.
Each Jacobite Rising formed part of a series of military campaigns by Jacobites attempting to restore the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain) after James VII of Scotland and II of England was deposed in 1688 and the thrones usurped by his daughter Mary II jointly with her husband William of Orange.
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