How can the Jacobites of 45 succeed in restoring the Stuart throne?

I would say it is utterly impossible at this point without permanent occupation of Britain by a French army.

By 1750 or so I think Great Britain was like 99% Protestant and violently anti-Catholic protestants at that. A Catholic Stuart dynasty would be a non-starter. If the House of Hanover died out from some plague or did something utterly repellent to Parliament (George I through IV never did anything close to getting thrown off the throne), then Parliament would just do what they did with William and Mary: pick the Protestant they liked best and put them on the throne regardless of how close they were in the legal succession.

If the House of Stuart somehow went Protestant during their days in exile...the odds would still be staggeringly long.

Sorry, only a French/Spanish army occupying Britain would put the House of Stuart back on the throne.

Ireland would be a possibility and some of my TL's had a successful Irish Rebellion with French assistance and the Irish calling back the Old or Young Pretender or one of their heirs from the Royal Family of Savoy (1806 timeframe after the legitimate direct male succession of the House of Stuart came to an end).
 
If the House of Stuart somehow went Protestant during their days in exile...the odds would still be staggeringly long.

Didn't Bonnie Prince Charlie convert, or "convert", or express a willingness to convert later in life (post-45) IOTL? Way too late to make difference.

Would killing off James early and making Charlie the actual claimant in '45 make any difference?
 
Once again those who haven't researched the Jacobites are making statements. We had a really good discussion last year on the subject. Here's the link if your interested:https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1740s-jacobite-restoration-long-term-affects.383683/. It was a fascinating discussion if anyone's interested.

I only read that thread for a few postings but don't see any major points of disagreement. There is absolutely no way that any monarch with even a hint of Catholicism could remain on the British thrones in 1745. Even if Bonnie Prince Charlie heartily proclaimed his conversion to the Anglican church from the rooftops, that would make no difference to the British peoples and would likely end his support from France.

The majority of the "Jacobites" were not even Catholic, to my knowledge, mainly disaffected Scots with their own grievances against the Georgian Kings.
 
Britain becoming republic seems quite an odd thing. Under Cromwell it appears to have been a republic in name only. Better have a monarchy than some buffoon again.

Certainly, the idea of English-speaking peoples revolting against their king is far-fetched, but perhaps it has some precedence in history?
 
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