Yes yes I know, yet another Jacobite thread from Constantine. However I recently purchesed two books by Edward Corp on the Jacobites and their courts in exile, titled A Court in Exile: the Stuarts in France and The Stuarts in Italy: A Royal Court in Permanent Exile respectively (great books and highly recommend them to anyone interested in the Jacobites) and they've rekindled my interest. Anyway, from what I read in the French Jacobites book, James III was highly educated for his task and was nearly restored, the only thing stopping it was his Catholicism. The book also goes into the various reasons of why he never converted, but it did get me thinking of two possible ways for a peaceful Jacobite restoration.
One involves something happening that completely discredits the Elector of Hanover in the minds of the British people, enough that the Whigs are unable to even consider upholding the Act of Succession for fear of a massive uprising. IDK how yet, maybe something to do with his ex-wife who was imprisoned? Perhaps she's executed by the Elector for something and it destroys his credibility. The other idea I had is to kill off both the Elector and Electoral Prince of Hanover, leaving as heir the child Frederick (future Prince of Wales). With the heir being a child in every sense of the word and likely to cause a long regency, I think that this could work to turn people away from the Hanovarian succession and back across the water to the Stuarts. Thoughts on one or both would be highly appreciated!
One involves something happening that completely discredits the Elector of Hanover in the minds of the British people, enough that the Whigs are unable to even consider upholding the Act of Succession for fear of a massive uprising. IDK how yet, maybe something to do with his ex-wife who was imprisoned? Perhaps she's executed by the Elector for something and it destroys his credibility. The other idea I had is to kill off both the Elector and Electoral Prince of Hanover, leaving as heir the child Frederick (future Prince of Wales). With the heir being a child in every sense of the word and likely to cause a long regency, I think that this could work to turn people away from the Hanovarian succession and back across the water to the Stuarts. Thoughts on one or both would be highly appreciated!