"The 15", The Northumbrian Jacobite Society

10/06/2024

31/05/2024

13/04/2024

The Fifteen, The Northumbrian Jacobite Society was represented at the Culloden commemoration held today to mark the 278th anniversary of the battle which took place on 16 April 1746. Thank you to members and friends who attended.

13/04/2024

24/02/2024

Today marks the 308th anniversary of the ex*****on of James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater following the 1715 Jacobite Rising. For the full history, there is a comprehensive account on our website, www.northumbrianjacobites.org.uk
To commemorate the anniversary, society members gathered for lunch at Langley Castle Hotel yesterday, followed by the placing of a wreath on the only memorial to both James and his brother Charles - the Derwentwater Cross.

30/12/2023

We wish all our members, friends and followers a healthy happy New Year with all the best for 2024 🎉🍾🎊

13/11/2023

On this day in 1715 - Jacobite and Government forces fought each other at the Battle of Sheriffmuir.

Following the ascension of George I in 1714, supporters of the exiled King James Stuart - believing he should have been king after the death of his half sister Queen Anne - campaigned to restore the Stuarts to the British throne. This became the 1715 Rising: the second of four Jacobite uprisings. The Jacobites were led by the Earl of Mar, who was previously a government supporter but did not approve of George taking the throne of Britain, and it was he who raised the Jacobite standard in Scotland in September 1715 👑

Sheriffmuir was the most significant battle during the 1715 Rising and saw ~7,000 Jacobites go up against ~3,000 Government troops. The battle’s result was inconclusive with both sides claiming victory, but the Jacobite army in Scotland never managed to gain momentum after the battle. Not even the arrival of King James Stuart was able to change the course of the war, and he left Scotland less than two months later.

At the same time as events at Sheriffmuir were unfolding, the Northumbrian Jacobites under the theoretical leadership of General Thomas Forster, but the actual, on the ground leadership of James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and Brigadier Mackintosh, were holding their own at Preston until one day later on 14 November, when they were forced to surrender, ending the Rising in England.

07/10/2023

On 7 October 1715, Northumbrian Jacobites rode out in support of the exiled Stuart monarchy. In recognition and remembrance, honorary society member, Lily the Pomeranian, today visited Langley Castle - the Radcliffes, Earls of Derwentwater also held the title Barons Langley. James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater supported by his brother, Charles was one of the Rising's leaders. Both James and Charles were subsequently executed for treason - James in 1716, Charles in 1746.

Lily then carried on to the Crewe Arms, Blanchland which was the home of Dorothy Forster, sister to the Rising's appointed leader - Tom Forster.

Thank you, Lily, for representing our society so well.

11/04/2023

How cognitive biases affected seven decisions that led to Culloden - and how we can avoid making the same mistakes today.

24/02/2023

On 24 February 1716, James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, was executed at Tower Hill for the part he played in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. Today - 24 February - our society remembers.
The Derwentwater Cross near Langley, Northumberland commemorates James and his brother Charles who followed the same path to the scaffold in 1746 following the 1745 Rising.