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Henry Stuart, cardinal duke of York: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Henry IX
Born March 6, 1725 • Rome • Italy
Died July 13, 1807 (aged 82) • Frascati • Italy
Political Affiliation Jacobite
House / Dynasty House of Stuart
Notable Family Members father James Edward, the Old Pretender • brother Charles Edward, the Young Pretender
Alexis Simon Belle: James Edward, the Old Pretender
James Edward, the Old Pretender
claimant to English and Scottish thrones
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Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
British politician
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Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
British politician
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox
British politician
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
English general
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
English politician [1621–1683]
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
English statesman
duke of Monmouth
James Scott, duke of Monmouth
English noble
George I
George I
king of Great Britain
Lord North
Frederick North, Lord North
prime minister of United Kingdom
Matilda
Matilda
consort of Holy Roman emperor Henry V
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, from a steel engraving, 1836
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle
prime minister of United Kingdom
Sidney Godolphin, 1st earl of Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
English politician
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, detail of an oil painting attributed to J. van Diest, c. 1718; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
British statesman
Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury
English statesman

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