Gordon Riots

Bolingbroke, Viscount (1678-1751), Henry St. John, was an English statesman and writer. He became foreign secretary in 1710, and negotiated the… See more » Walpole, Sir Robert (1676-1745), the first Earl of Orford, was the most influential politician in England during the first half of the 1700's. He… See more » Jacobite risings, in 1715 and 1745, were attempts to restore the exiled Stuart family to the throne of England. There were two Jacobite risings,… See more »