Episode 2 of 2

Joining the Pretender

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Part of: Exile of Viscount Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke joined the Pretender, was created Earl of Bolingbroke in the Jacobite Peerage, and took charge of foreign affairs in the Stuart court.

Bolingbroke joined the Pretender and was made Earl of Bolingbroke in the Jacobite Peerage. He took charge of foreign affairs in the Stuart court. This development occurred while the 1715 uprising was badly botched and the Pretender had lost his major sponsor, Louis XIV.

Sources

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-26

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