| Ah and once again I must correct the usage of the word "England". While, from 1701-1788 James III and his son Charles Edward Stuart were indeed, prior to and following the death of Queen Anne and the subsequent Hanoverian succession, claimants to the throne, it was not the throne of "England" as "England" (by dint of the Union of the Crowns in 1603) did not have its own monarch. In fact, on the Act of Union in 1707 "England" as a separate national entity ceased to exist. |