James Francis Stuart, the 'Old Pretender', or would be King, was born on June 10th, 1688. On that same date in 1727, George I, the Hanoverian usurper of the Stuart's right to rule, passed away.

Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and they wanted to put The Old Pretender on the throne. From 1707 they were supported by Scottish anti-Union groups. This was because a ...