George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, was born on this day 11 November 1633. Artist: Mary Beale.

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If all the gang are coming round, I'd dispense with custom and have a buffet. Meat, seafood, fruit, wine, there must be something there for everyone. (Jan Davidsz de Heem, Boijmans Museum)

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And now I give ye: A Stuart Prince: Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766). Known to some of us as King James III & VIII. He is Prince of Wales from July 1688 until the invasion of William III when the family is forced into exile.
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Read , author of The King's Evil, on the ritual and the disease which gave his new book its title. Royalty! Smells! Gold! Religion! Magic!
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James Francis Edward Stuart, the legitimate Catholic heir to the Stuart throne, was born 10 June 1688 to Mary of Modena & James VII/II in St. James's Palace. A birth that ignited a revolution...

🎨 Gennari/Belle; 🏛️ NPG/Bridgeman.

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