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Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, (1720-1788), Young Chevalier; The 'Young Pretender', the Young Pretender

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Alternative name(s):
  • Young Pretender, The (Also known as)
  • Stuart, Charles Edward (Also known as)
Surname: Stuart
Forenames: Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir
Gender: Male
Date: 1720-1788
Title: Young Chevalier; The 'Young Pretender'
History: The 'Young Pretender: Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Chevalier, or 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'); son of James Francis Edward (the Old Pretender) and grandson of the exiled Roman Catholic king James II. Last serious Stuart claimant to the British throne and leader of the unsuccessful Jacobite rebellion of 1745–46, after which he escaped by ship to France and finally settled in Italy.
References: Encyclopaedia Britannica; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276077 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P128344 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1746 Jun 11: Charles Stuart [deputy consul at Veere] to Trevor, on his accounts of expenses. Reports...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/20/88
2
1745 Aug 13: Newcastle to Cumberland: he encloses a copy of a letter from [Archibald Campbell] the...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/19/151
3
1745 Aug 02: Newcastle to Cumberland: the pretender's son embarked at Nantes on 15 July NS and is...
The National Archives, Kew
SP 87/19/148
4
1745: letters to his father and proclamation as Prince of Wales and Regent, Holyrood House
Warwickshire County Record Office
L6/1699
NRA 5674 Lucy
5
1781-85: letters (15) to his brother the Cardinal
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 34634
6
1716-1743: letters and papers
Perth and Kinross Council Archive
MS169
NRA 10562
7
papers and letters
Royal Archives
See Introduction, HMC 56 Stuart MSS
8
papers and letters re the '45
West Highland Museum
NRA(S)0451
NRA 13685 W Highland Mus
9
misc papers
Royal Archives
See HMC 15, 10th report App. VI (Braye MSS)
10
misc papers
Royal Archives
SP
NRA 43349 Windsor
11
1716-1821: misc letters and papers of and rel to him and his family
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.10742/27-33
12
1746: Narrative of his visit to Manchester
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See HMC 55 Various Collections II (Buxton MSS)
13
1745-46: misc papers
Stirling Council Archive Service
PD60
NRA 19926
14
1745-69: misc papers
Ushaw College Library
J
NRA 13674 Ushaw
15
papers rel to Avignon
Musee Calvet
NRA 18664 Jacobite papers
16
1728-44: letters to Cardinal Gualterio etc
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 20661
17
1745-6: letters (10) to Duke of Atholl
Blair Castle
pp239-40
NRA 11000 Stewart-Murray
18
1785: (copy) household accounts
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 752