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Mr. Henry Jenner, for his invaluable assistance. I have also to acknowledge the help afforded me by Mr. J. A. Herbert, of the Manuscript Department, British Museum; by Mr. G. F. Hill, of the Coin and Medal Department of the British Museum; by Father Bartoli, s.j.; by Mr. John Ballinger, of the Cardiff Free Library; and by the officials of the Record Office. My thanks are likewise due to the Rev. W. H. Hutton, of St. John's College, Oxford, for permission to include Dr. Samuel Crisp's interesting letter in Chapter I. Of this work; and to Mr. J. F. F. Horner, of Mells Park, Somersetshire, for kindly Supplying me with the photograph of Sir John Hippisley's portrait in his possession.

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With the continued interest taken in Jacobite literature it appears strange that so little has been written concerning Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, titular King Henry the Ninth of Great Britain, France and Ireland, whose personality has habitually been neglected by English historians. Only in so far as his course of action is associated with that of his brilliant and popular brother, the "Bonny Prince Charlie" of song and story, has the life of the last of the Royal Stuarts ever been seriously touched upon; whilst his important ecclesiastical career, his personal influence in the affairs of his family, and his obstinate assumption of the royal title are so little understood or appreciated by English readers that we offer no apology for this biography. We so often read and hear of the Young Pretender, that many of us are apt to regard him as the final member of his House, although his brother and political heir survived him for nearly twenty years. Few realise, in short, that there was a younger Pretender still, insistent on his hereditary claims to the British Throne, and strongly imbued with all the royal traditions of his House.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.