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a Whig with strong connections with the Hanoverian Tories was replaced as army commander in Scotland because it was considered he had been insuffienctly committed to defeating the Jacobites despite his
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As Anne grew increasingly weak in 1714, both Jacobites and pro-Hanoverians prepared to take measures to seize the throne if necessary by armed force. Hanoverian Tories worked with Whigs led by General
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to secure the country for George. In the event the Hanoverian Succession followed on relatively peacefully following Anne's death in August 1714, although George's coronation did provoke
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was a key ally of Britain in this conflict, and resented what was regarded as this abandonment, it naturally led George to prefer the Whigs. In spite of having about forty members in the
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to secure the throne for James instead. In preparation, army officers suspected of being pro-Hanover were purged from the service including both Whigs and Tories such as
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in early 1714, these were very unpredictable and could not be completely relied on by the Whigs in their challenge to the Harley government.
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However, gradually the government began to be completely dominated by staunch Whigs, leading to the
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appointed several Hanoverian Tories in his first government, but they were soon pushed out as the
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Tied up with the ongoing debate about the future of the throne, was a dispute over the end of the
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Hanoverian Tories were active in the attempts to acquit former leader Robert Harley during his
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rather than the continued claims of James. In 1730 they were still active as a faction when
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and a moderate Tory, went into exile on the continent following his dismissal in 1711.
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after 1710, serious consideration was given by senior cabinet ministers led by
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The Hanoverian Succession: Dynastic Politics and Monarchical Culture
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to take the British and Irish thrones, while their arch rivals the
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was one of the most prominent pro-Hanoverian Tories in 1714.
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tried to organise a coalition between them and opposition
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Ideology and conspiracy: aspects of Jacobitism, 1689-1759
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in order to replace the long-standing Prime Minister
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of 1714. At the time many Tories favoured the exiled
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Index

Hanoverian Tories

Earl of Nottingham
Tory
Hanoverian Succession
Jacobite
James Francis Edward Stuart
Whigs
George, Elector of Hanover
Act of Settlement
House of Hanover
Queen Anne
government of Robert Harley
Henry St. John
Henry Lumley
Duke of Marlborough
Captain General
War of Spanish Succession
No Peace Without Spain
Treaty of Utrecht
Hanover
House of Commons

George I
Whig Ascendancy
James Stanhope
riots across the country
continued into the following year
first government of the new reign
Lord Nottingham

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