PRETENDERS, THE

PRETENDERS, THE
   the names given to the son and the grandson of James II. (Prince Charlie) as claiming a right to the throne of England, and called respectively the Elder and the Younger Pretender; the elder, who made one or two attempts to secure his claim, surrendered it to his son, who in 1745 was defeated at Culloden.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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