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'''Anne''' (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714<ref>All dates in this article are in the [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] [[Julian calendar]].</ref>) ascended the thrones of [[List of English monarchs|England]], [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scotland]] and [[List of Irish monarchs|Ireland]] on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the [[Acts of Union 1707| |
'''Anne''' (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714<ref>All dates in this article are in the [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] [[Julian calendar]] used in Great Britain throughout Anne's lifetime; however, years are assumed to start on 1 January rather than 25 March, which was the English New Year.</ref>) ascended the thrones of [[List of English monarchs|England]], [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scotland]] and [[List of Irish monarchs|Ireland]] on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union]], two of her realms, the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], united as a single [[sovereign state]], the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. |
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Anne |
Anne was born in the reign of her uncle [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], who had no surviving legitimate children. Her father, [[James II of England|James]], was first in line to the throne. His [[Catholicism]] was unpopular in England and on Charles's instructions Anne was raised as a [[Protestantism|Protestant]]. Three years after he succeeded Charles, James was deposed in the "[[Glorious Revolution]]" of 1688. Anne's Protestant brother-in-law and cousin [[William III of England|William III]] became joint monarch with his wife, Anne's elder sister [[Mary II of England|Mary II]]. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After her death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until he was succeeded by Anne upon his death in 1702. |
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Anne favoured moderate [[Tory]] politicians, who were more likely than their opponents, the [[British Whig Party|Whigs]] |
As queen, Anne favoured moderate [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]] politicians, who were more likely to share her [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] religious views than their opponents, the [[British Whig Party|Whigs]]. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], until in 1710 Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], turned sour as the result of political differences. |
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Despite seventeen pregnancies, |
Anne was plagued by ill-health throughout her life. From her 30s onwards, she grew increasingly lame and corpulent. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, [[Prince George of Denmark]], she died without any surviving children and was the last monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]. Under the terms of the [[Act of Settlement 1701]], she was succeeded by her [[second cousin]] [[George I of Great Britain|George I]] of the [[House of Hanover]], who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth]], daughter of [[James VI and I]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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[[File:The Duke and Duchess of York with their two daughters..jpg|thumb|left|Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by [[Sir Peter Lely]] and [[Benedetto Gennari II]]]] |
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Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at [[St |
Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at [[St James's Palace]], London, the fourth child and second daughter of [[James II of England|James, Duke of York]] (afterwards James II and VII), and his first wife, [[Anne Hyde]].<ref>Curtis, pp. 12–17; Gregg, p. 4</ref> Her father was the younger brother of [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]], who ruled the three kingdoms of [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], and her mother was the daughter of [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]]. At her [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] baptism in the [[Chapel Royal]] at St James's, her older sister, [[Mary II of England|Mary]], was one of her godparents, along with the [[Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch|Duchess of Monmouth]] and the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Gilbert Sheldon]].<ref>Gregg, p. 4</ref> The Duke and Duchess of York had eight children, but Anne and Mary were the only ones to survive into adulthood.<ref>Green, p. 17; Gregg, p. 6; Waller, pp. 293–295</ref> |
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As a child, Anne suffered from an eye condition, which manifested as excessive watering known as "defluxion". For medical treatment, she was sent to France, where she lived with her paternal grandmother, |
As a child, Anne suffered from an eye condition, which manifested as excessive watering known as "defluxion". For medical treatment, she was sent to France, where she lived with her paternal grandmother, [[Henrietta Maria of France|Queen Henrietta Maria]], at the Château de Colombes near Paris.<ref>Curtis, pp. 19–21; Green, p. 20; Gregg, p. 6</ref> Following her grandmother's death in 1669, Anne lived with an aunt, [[Princess Henrietta of England|Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans]]. On the sudden death of her aunt in 1670, Anne returned to England. Her mother died the following year.<ref>Curtis, pp. 21–23; Gregg, p. 8; Somerset, pp. 11–13; Waller, p. 295</ref> |
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As was traditional in the royal family, Anne and her sister were brought up separated from their father in their own establishment at [[Richmond, London]].<ref>Gregg, p. 5</ref> On the instructions of Charles II, they were raised as Protestants.<ref>Curtis, pp. 23–24; Gregg, p. 13; Somerset, p. 20</ref> Placed in the care of Colonel [[Edward Villiers (1620–1689)|Edward and Lady Frances Villiers]],<ref>Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 5</ref> their education was focused on the teachings of the Anglican church.<ref>Curtis, p. 28; Gregg, p. 13; Waller, p. 296</ref> [[Henry Compton (bishop)|Henry Compton]], [[Bishop of London]], was appointed as Anne's [[preceptor]].<ref>Somerset, p. 20</ref> |
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In about 1671, Anne first made the acquaintance of [[Sarah Jennings]], who later became her close friend and one of her most influential advisors.<ref>Curtis, p. 27; Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 28</ref> Jennings married [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill]] (the future Duke of Marlborough) in about 1678. He was the brother of the Duke of York's mistress, [[Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)|Arabella Churchill]], and was to be Anne's most important general.<ref>Curtis, p. 34; Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 28</ref> |
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Around 1671, Anne first made the acquaintance of [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah Jennings]], who later became her close friend and one of her most influential advisors.<ref>Curtis, p. 27; Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 28</ref> Jennings married [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill]] (the future Duke of Marlborough) in about 1678. His sister, [[Arabella Churchill (royal mistress)|Arabella Churchill]], was the Duke of York's mistress, and he was to be Anne's most important general.<ref>Curtis, p. 34; Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 28</ref> |
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In 1673, the Duke of York's conversion to [[Roman Catholicism]] became public. He married a Catholic princess, [[Mary of Modena]], who was only six and half years older than Anne. Charles II had no surviving legitimate children, and so the Duke of York was next in the line of succession, followed by his two surviving daughters from his first marriage, Mary and Anne. As was traditional in the royal family, Anne and her sister were brought up separated from their father in their own establishment at [[Richmond, London]].<ref>Gregg, p. 5</ref> On the instructions of Charles II, they were raised as Protestants.<ref>Curtis, pp. 23–24; Gregg, p. 13</ref> They were placed in the care of Colonel [[Edward Villiers (1620–1689)|Edward and Lady Frances Villiers]],<ref>Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 5</ref> and their education was focused on the teachings of the Anglican church.<ref>Curtis, p. 28; Gregg, p. 13; Waller, p. 296</ref> Over the next ten years, the new Duchess of York had ten children, but all were either stillborn or died in infancy, leaving Mary and Anne second and third in the line of succession after their father.<ref>Weir, pp. 260–261</ref> |
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In 1673, the Duke of York's conversion to [[Roman Catholicism]] became public, and he married a Catholic princess, [[Mary of Modena]], who was only six and a half years older than Anne. Charles II had no surviving legitimate children, and so the Duke of York was next in the line of succession, followed by his two surviving daughters from his first marriage, Mary and Anne. Over the next ten years, the new Duchess of York had ten children, but all were either stillborn or died in infancy, leaving Mary and Anne second and third in the line of succession after their father.<ref>Weir, pp. 260–261</ref> Throughout Anne's early life, there is every indication that she and her stepmother got on well together,<ref>Somerset, pp. 22–23</ref> and that the Duke of York was a conscientious and loving father.<ref>Somerset, pp. 8–9</ref> |
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==Marriage== |
==Marriage== |
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[[File:Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaardt - Queen Anne, when Princess of Denmark, 1665 – 1714 - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|Anne, ''circa'' 1684, painted by [[Willem Wissing]] and [[Jan van der Vaart]]]] |
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In November 1677, Anne's elder sister married |
In November 1677, Anne's elder sister, Mary, married their Dutch cousin, [[William III of England|William of Orange]], but Anne could not attend the wedding because she was confined to her room with [[smallpox]].<ref>Curtis, p. 30; Green, p. 27; Gregg, p. 17</ref> By the time she recovered, Mary had already left for her new life in the Netherlands. Lady Frances Villiers contracted the disease, and died. Anne's aunt [[Henrietta Hyde, Countess of Rochester|Lady Henrietta Hyde]] (the wife of [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester|Laurence Hyde]]) was appointed as her new governess.<ref>Green, p. 28; Gregg, p. 17; Somerset, p. 29</ref> A year later, Anne and her stepmother visited Mary in Holland for two weeks.<ref name="visits"/> |
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Anne's father and stepmother retired to Brussels in March 1679 in the wake of anti-Catholic hysteria fed by the [[Popish Plot]], and Anne visited them from the end of August.<ref name="visits">Green, p. 28: Gregg, p. 20</ref> In October, they returned to Britain, the Duke and Duchess to Scotland and Anne to England.<ref>Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 22; Somerset, p. 34</ref> She visited her father and stepmother at [[Holyrood Palace]] in [[Edinburgh]] from July 1681 until May 1682.<ref>Green, p. 32; Gregg, p. 26; Somerset, p. 35</ref> It was her last journey outside England.<ref>Green, p. 28</ref> |
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Anne's second cousin [[George I of Great Britain|George of Hanover]] (her eventual successor) visited London for three months from December 1680, sparking rumours of a potential marriage between them.<ref>Curtis, pp. 35–37; Green, p. 31; Gregg, p. 24; Somerset, pp. 34, 36</ref> Historian Edward Gregg dismissed the rumours as ungrounded, as her father was essentially exiled from court, and the Hanoverians planned to marry George to his first cousin [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]] as part of a scheme to unite the Hanoverian inheritance.<ref>Gregg, p. 24–25</ref> Other rumours claimed she was courted by [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby|Lord Mulgrave]] (later made Duke of Buckingham), although he denied it. Nevertheless, as a result of the gossip, he was temporarily dismissed from court.<ref>Curtis, p. 37; Green, pp. 32–33; Gregg, p. 27; Somerset, p. 37</ref> |
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Anne's father and stepmother retired to Brussels in March 1679 in the wake of anti-Catholic hysteria fed by the [[Popish Plot]], and Anne visited them from the end of August.<ref name="visits">Green, p. 28: Gregg, p. 20</ref> In October, they returned to Britain, the Duke and Duchess to Scotland and Anne to England.<ref>Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 22</ref> She visited her father and stepmother in Scotland from July 1681 until May 1682.<ref>Green, p. 32; Gregg, p. 26</ref> It was her last journey outside England.<ref>Green, p. 28</ref> |
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With George of Hanover out of contention as a potential suitor for Anne, King Charles looked elsewhere for an eligible prince who would be welcomed as a groom by his Protestant subjects but also acceptable to his Catholic ally, [[Louis XIV of France]].<ref>Somerset, p. 40</ref> The Danes were Protestant allies of the French, and Louis XIV was keen on an Anglo-Danish alliance to contain the power of the Dutch. A marriage treaty between Anne and [[Prince George of Denmark]], younger brother of [[Christian V of Denmark|King Christian V]], was negotiated by Anne's uncle Laurence Hyde, who had been made Earl of Rochester, and the English [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]], [[Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland]].<ref>Gregg, p. 32</ref> Anne's father consented to the marriage eagerly because it diminished the influence of his other son-in-law, William of Orange, who was naturally unhappy at the match.<ref>Gregg, p. 33; Somerset, pp. 41 42</ref> |
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Anne's second cousin [[George I of Great Britain|Prince George of Hanover]] (her eventual successor) visited London for three months from December 1680, sparking rumours of a potential marriage between them.<ref>Curtis, pp. 35–37; Green, p. 31; Gregg, p. 24</ref> Historian Edward Gregg dismissed the rumours as ungrounded as her father was essentially exiled from court, and the Hanoverians planned to marry Prince George to his first cousin [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]] as part of a scheme to unite the Hanoverian inheritance.<ref>Gregg, p. 24–25</ref> Other rumours claimed she was courted by [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby|Lord Mulgrave]] (later made Duke of Buckingham), although he denied it. Nevertheless, as a result of the gossip, he was temporarily dismissed from court and despatched to [[Tangiers]].<ref>Curtis, p. 37; Green, pp. 32–33; Gregg, p. 27</ref> |
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Bishop Compton officiated at the wedding of Anne and George of Denmark on 28 July 1683 in the Chapel Royal.<ref>Gregg, pp. 33–34; Somerset, p. 43</ref> Though it was an arranged marriage, they were faithful and devoted partners.<ref>Curtis, pp. 41–42; Green, pp. 34–35; Gregg, pp. 32–35; Somerset, p. 44</ref> They were given a set of buildings in the [[Palace of Whitehall]] known as [[Cockpit-in-Court|the Cockpit]] as their London residence,<ref>Curtis, p. 42; Green, p. 34; Gregg, p. 35; Somerset, pp. 41, 44</ref> and Sarah Churchill was appointed one of Anne's [[Lady of the Bedchamber|ladies of the bedchamber]].<ref>Curtis, p. 43; Green, p. 36; Gregg, p. 34; Somerset, p. 49</ref> Within months of the marriage, Anne was pregnant, but the baby was stillborn in May. Anne recovered at the [[spa town]] of [[Tunbridge Wells]],<ref>Gregg, p. 36; Somerset, p. 56</ref> and over the next two years, she gave birth to two daughters in quick succession: Mary and Anne Sophia.<ref name=weir268/> |
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==Accession of James II and VII== |
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When Charles II died in 1685, Anne's father became king as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland. |
When Charles II died in 1685, Anne's father became king as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland. To the consternation of the English people, James began to appoint Catholics to military and administrative offices, in contravention of the [[Test Act]]s that were designed to prevent such appointments.<ref>Somerset, pp. 61, 64</ref> Anne shared the general concern, and continued to attend Anglican services. As her sister Mary lived in the Netherlands, Anne and her family were the only members of the royal family attending Protestant religious services in England.<ref>Waller, p. 300</ref> When her father tried to get Anne to baptise her youngest daughter into the Catholic faith, Anne burst into tears.<ref>Green, p. 38</ref> "The Church of Rome is wicked and dangerous", she wrote to her sister, "their ceremonies – most of them – plain downright idolatry."<ref>Quoted in Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 43 and Somerset, p. 21</ref> Anne became estranged from her father and stepmother as James moved to weaken the Church of England's power.<ref>Somerset, pp. 65, 74–77</ref> |
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In early 1687, within a matter of days, Anne miscarried |
In early 1687, within a matter of days, Anne miscarried, her husband caught smallpox, and their two young daughters died of the same infection. [[Rachel Russell, Lady Russell|Lady Rachel Russell]] wrote that George and Anne had "taken [the deaths] very heavily ... Sometimes they wept, sometimes they mourned in words; then sat silent, hand in hand; he sick in bed, and she the carefullest nurse to him that can be imagined."<ref name=smallpox>Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47; Waller, p. 301</ref> Later that year, she suffered another stillbirth.<ref name=weir268>Weir, p. 268</ref> |
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[[File:James III and Mary of Modena.JPG|thumb|left|Mary of Modena and James Francis Edward, Anne's stepmother and half-brother]] |
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Public alarm at James's Catholicism increased when his wife, |
Public alarm at James's Catholicism increased when his wife, Mary of Modena, became pregnant for the first time since James's accession.<ref>Curtis, p. 55; Gregg, p. 52; Somerset, pp. 80–82</ref> In letters to her sister Mary, Anne raised suspicions that the Queen was faking her pregnancy in an attempt to introduce a false heir. She wrote, "they will stick at nothing, be it never so wicked, if it will promote their interest ... there may be foul play intended."<ref>Letter dated 14 March 1688, quoted in Gregg, p. 54 and Waller, p. 303</ref> Anne suffered another miscarriage in April 1688, and left London to recuperate in the spa town of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref>Somerset, pp. 86–87; Waller, pp. 303–304</ref> |
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Anne's stepmother gave birth to a son, [[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]], on 10 June 1688, and a Catholic succession became more likely.<ref>Ward, pp. 241–242</ref> Anne was still at Bath, so she did not witness the birth, which fed the belief that the child was spurious. Anne may have left the capital deliberately to avoid being present, or because she was genuinely ill,<ref>Waller, p. 304</ref> but it is also possible that James desired the exclusion of all Protestants, including his daughter, from affairs of state.<ref>Nenner, p. 243</ref><ref name=yorke/> "I shall never now be satisfied", Anne wrote to her sister Mary, "whether the child be true or false. It may be it is our brother, but God only knows ... one cannot help having a thousand fears and melancholy thoughts, but whatever changes may happen you shall ever find me firm to my religion and faithfully yours."<ref>Quoted in Green, p. 43</ref> |
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To dispel rumours of a |
To dispel rumours of a [[:wikt:supposititious|supposititious]] child, James had 40 witnesses to the birth attend a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] meeting, but Anne claimed she could not attend because she was pregnant herself (which she was not)<ref>Somerset, p. 95</ref> and then declined to read the depositions because it was "not necessary".<ref>Gregg, pp. 62–63; Waller, p. 305</ref> |
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=="Glorious Revolution"== |
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[[File:William&MaryEngraving1703.jpg|thumb|right|Engraving of William and Mary]] |
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In what became known as the "[[Glorious Revolution]]", Anne's brother-in-law, [[William III of England|William of Orange]], invaded England on 5 November 1688 in an action that ultimately deposed King James. Forbidden by James to pay Mary a projected visit in the spring of 1687,<ref>Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47</ref> Anne corresponded with her and was aware of William's plans to invade.<ref>Gregg, p. 60</ref> On the advice of the Churchills,<ref name=yorke/> she refused to side with James after William landed and instead wrote to William on 18 November declaring her approval of his action.<ref>Green, p. 47; Gregg, p. 63</ref> Churchill abandoned the unpopular king on the 24th. Prince George followed suit on the 25th,<ref>Gregg, p. 64</ref> and the same evening James issued orders to place Sarah Churchill under house arrest at [[St. James's Palace]].<ref>Gregg, p. 65</ref> Anne and Sarah fled from Whitehall by a back staircase, and put themselves under the care of the [[Henry Compton (bishop)|bishop of London]], spending one night in his house, and subsequently arrived at [[Nottingham]] on 1 December.<ref>Gregg, pp. 65–66</ref> Two weeks later, Anne travelled to [[Oxford]], where she met Prince George in triumph, escorted by a large company.<ref>Green, pp. 45–47; Gregg, p. 67</ref> "God help me!", lamented James on discovering the desertion of his daughter on 26 November, "Even my children have forsaken me."<ref>Gregg, p. 66</ref> On 19 December, Anne returned to London, where she was at once visited by her brother-in-law William, and James fled to France on the 22nd.<ref>Gregg, p. 68</ref> Anne showed no concern at the news of her father's flight, and instead merely asked for her usual game of cards. She justified herself by saying that "she was used to play and never loved to do anything that looked like an affected constraint."<ref>Lord Clarendon's diary, quoted in Green, p. 49</ref> |
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In what became known as the "[[Glorious Revolution]]", Anne's brother-in-law, William of Orange, invaded England on 5 November 1688 in an action that ultimately deposed King James. Forbidden by James to pay Mary a projected visit in the spring of 1687,<ref>Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47; Somerset, p. 74</ref> Anne corresponded with her and was aware of William's plans to invade.<ref>Gregg, p. 60</ref> On the advice of the Churchills,<ref name=yorke/> she refused to side with James after William landed and instead wrote to her brother-in-law on 18 November declaring her approval of his action.<ref>Green, p. 47; Gregg, p. 63</ref> Churchill abandoned the unpopular king on the 24th. Prince George followed suit that night,<ref>Gregg, p. 64</ref> and in the evening of the following day James issued orders to place Sarah Churchill under house arrest at St James's Palace.<ref>Gregg, p. 65</ref> Anne and Sarah fled from Whitehall by a back staircase, and put themselves under the care of Bishop Compton, spending one night in his house, and subsequently arrived at [[Nottingham]] on 1 December.<ref>Gregg, pp. 65–66</ref> Two weeks later, Anne arrived at [[Oxford]], where she met Prince George in triumph, escorted by a large company.<ref>Green, pp. 45–47; Gregg, p. 67</ref> "God help me!", lamented James on discovering the desertion of his daughter on 26 November, "Even my children have forsaken me."<ref>Gregg, p. 66</ref> On 19 December, Anne returned to London, where she was at once visited by her brother-in-law William, and James fled to France on the 23rd.<ref>Gregg, p. 68; Somerset, p. 105</ref> Anne showed no concern at the news of her father's flight, and instead merely asked for her usual game of cards. She justified herself by saying that "she was used to play and never loved to do anything that looked like an affected constraint."<ref>Lord Clarendon's diary, quoted in Green, p. 49</ref> |
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[[File:Princess Anne c.1690.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[Michael Dahl]], ''circa'' 1690]] |
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In 1689, a [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] assembled in England and declared that James had effectively abdicated when he fled, and that the thrones of England and Ireland were therefore vacant. The [[Parliament of Scotland|Parliament or Estates of Scotland]] took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.<ref>Ward, pp. 250–251, 291–292</ref> The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] and [[Claim of Right Act 1689]] settled the succession. Anne and her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary, and they were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.<ref>Green, p. 52; Gregg, p. 69</ref> |
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On 24 July 1689, Anne gave birth to a son, [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], who, though ill, survived infancy. As King William and Queen Mary had no children, it looked as though Anne's son would eventually inherit the |
In January 1689, a [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] assembled in England and declared that James had effectively abdicated when he fled, and that the thrones of England and Ireland were therefore vacant. The [[Parliament of Scotland|Parliament or Estates of Scotland]] took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.<ref>Ward, pp. 250–251, 291–292</ref> The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] and [[Claim of Right Act 1689]] settled the succession. Anne and her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary, and they were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.<ref>Green, p. 52; Gregg, p. 69</ref> On 24 July 1689, Anne gave birth to a son, [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], who, though ill, survived infancy. As King William and Queen Mary had no children, it looked as though Anne's son would eventually inherit the Crown.<ref>Curtis, p. 72; Green, pp. 54–55</ref> |
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==William and Mary== |
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Soon after their accession, William and Mary rewarded |
Soon after their accession, William and Mary rewarded John Churchill by granting him the [[Earl of Marlborough|Earldom of Marlborough]] and Prince George was made [[Duke of Cumberland]]. Anne requested the use of [[Richmond Palace]] and a parliamentary allowance. William and Mary refused the first, and unsuccessfully opposed the latter, both of which caused tension between the two sisters.<ref>Green, pp. 53–54; Gregg, pp. 76–79</ref> Anne's resentment grew worse when William refused to allow Prince George to serve in the military in an active capacity.<ref>Curtis, pp. 75–76; Green, p. 58; Gregg, p. 80</ref> From around this time,<ref>Somerset, p. 54</ref> at Anne's request she and Sarah Churchill, Lady Marlborough, began to call each other the pet names Mrs. Morley and Mrs. Freeman respectively, to mark their friendship.<ref>Curtis, p. 44; Green, p. 37; Waller, p. 299</ref> In January 1692, suspecting that Marlborough was secretly conspiring with James's followers, the [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]], William and Mary dismissed him from all his offices. In a public show of support for the Marlboroughs, Anne took Sarah to a social event at the palace, and refused her sister's request to dismiss Sarah from her household.<ref>Curtis, pp. 78–80; Green, pp. 59–60; Gregg, pp. 84–87; Somerset, pp. 130–132</ref> Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the royal household by the [[Lord Chamberlain]], and Anne angrily left her royal lodgings and took up residence at [[Syon House]], the home of the [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset|Duke of Somerset]].<ref>Green, p. 62; Gregg, p. 87; Somerset, p. 132</ref> Anne was stripped of her guard of honour; courtiers were forbidden to visit her, and civic authorities were instructed to ignore her.<ref>Green, p. 62; Gregg, pp. 88–91, 96</ref> In April, Anne gave birth to a son who died within minutes. Mary visited her, but instead of offering comfort took the opportunity to berate Anne once again for her friendship with Sarah. The sisters never saw each other again.<ref>Curtis, p. 81; Green, pp. 62–63; Gregg, p. 90; Somerset, pp. 134–135</ref> Later that year, Anne moved to [[Berkeley House]] in [[Picadilly]], London, where she had a stillborn daughter in March 1693.<ref>Somerset, p. 146</ref> |
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When Mary died of |
When Mary died of smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign alone. Anne became his [[heir apparent]], since any children he might have by another wife were assigned to a lower place in the line of succession, and the two reconciled publicly. He restored her previous honours, allowed her to reside in St James's Palace,<ref>Curtis, p. 84; Green, pp. 66–67; Gregg, pp. 102–103</ref> and gave her Mary's jewels,<ref>Somerset, p. 149</ref> but excluded her from government and refrained from appointing her regent during his absences abroad.<ref>Gregg, pp. 105–106; Somerset, pp. 151–152</ref> Three months later, William restored Marlborough to his offices.<ref>Gregg, p. 104</ref> With Anne's restoration at court, Berkeley House became a social centre for courtiers who had previously avoided contact with Anne and her husband.<ref>Somerset, p. 151</ref> |
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According to James, Anne wrote to him in 1696 |
According to James, Anne wrote to him in 1696 requesting his permission to succeed William, and thereafter promising to restore the Crown to James's line at a convenient opportunity; he declined to give his consent.<ref>Gregg, p. 108; Somerset, pp. 153–154</ref> She was probably trying to ensure her own succession by attempting to prevent a direct claim by James.<ref>Gregg, p. 122</ref> |
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===Act of Settlement=== |
===Act of Settlement=== |
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[[File:Queen Anne and William, Duke of Gloucester by studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|thumb|left|Anne with her son [[William, Duke of Gloucester]], in a painting from the school of [[Godfrey Kneller|Sir Godfrey Kneller]], ''circa'' 1694]] |
[[File:Queen Anne and William, Duke of Gloucester by studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|thumb|left|Anne with her son [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], in a painting from the school of [[Godfrey Kneller|Sir Godfrey Kneller]], ''circa'' 1694]] |
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Anne's final pregnancy ended on 25 January 1700, when she miscarried a stillborn son. She had been pregnant at least seventeen times over as many years, and had miscarried or given birth to stillborn children at least twelve times. Of her five liveborn children, four died before reaching the age of two.<ref>Green, p. 335; Gregg, pp. 100, 120; Weir, pp. 268–269</ref> Anne suffered from bouts of "[[gout]]", pains in her limbs and eventually stomach and head, from at least 1698.<ref>Green, pp. 79, 336</ref> Based on her foetal losses and physical symptoms, she may have had [[Systemic lupus erythematosus|disseminated lupus erythematosus]],<ref name=emson>Emson, H. E. (23 May 1992). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/29715689 "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne"], ''British Medical Journal'', vol. 304, no. 6838, pp. 1365–1366 {{Subscription required}}</ref> or [[Hughes syndrome]].<ref>Somerset, pp. 80, 295</ref> Alternatively, [[pelvic inflammatory disease]] could explain why the onset of her symptoms roughly coincided with her penultimate pregnancy.<ref name=emson/><ref>Green, p. 338</ref> Other suggested causes of her failed pregnancies are [[listeriosis]],<ref>Saxbe, W. B., Jr. (January 1972). [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/49/1/97.abstract "''Listeria monocytogenes'' and Queen Anne"], ''Pediatrics'', vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 97–101</ref> [[diabetes]], [[intrauterine growth retardation]], and [[rhesus incompatibility]].<ref>Waller, p. 310</ref> Rhesus incompatibility, however, generally worsens with successive pregnancies, and so does not fit with the pattern of Anne's pregnancies, as her only son to survive infancy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, was born after a series of stillbirths.<ref>Green, pp. 337–338; Somerset, p. 79; Waller, pp. 310–311</ref> Experts also rule out [[syphilis]], [[porphyria]] and pelvic deformation as incompatible with her medical history.<ref name=emson/><ref>Curtis, pp. 47–49; Green, pp. 337–338</ref> |
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Anne's gout rendered her lame for much of her later life.<ref>Curtis, p. 84</ref> Around the court, she was carried in a [[sedan chair]], or used a wheelchair.<ref>Gregg, p. 330</ref> Around her estates, she used a one-horse [[chaise]], which she drove herself "furiously like [[Jehu]] and a mighty hunter like [[Nimrod]]".<ref>[[Jonathan Swift]] quoted in Green, pp. 101–102 and Gregg, p. 343</ref> |
Anne's gout rendered her lame for much of her later life.<ref>Curtis, p. 84</ref> Around the court, she was carried in a [[sedan chair]], or used a wheelchair.<ref>Gregg, p. 330</ref> Around her estates, she used a one-horse [[chaise]], which she drove herself "furiously like [[Jehu]] and a mighty hunter like [[Nimrod]]".<ref>[[Jonathan Swift]] quoted in Green, pp. 101–102 and Gregg, p. 343</ref> She gained weight as a result of her sedentary lifestyle; in Sarah's words, "she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed with a gloominess of soul".<ref>Green, p. 154</ref> [[Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet]], described her in 1706 "under a fit of the gout and in extreme pain and agony, and on this occasion everything about her was much in the same disorder as about the meanest of her subjects. Her face, which was red and spotted, was rendered something frightful by her negligent dress, and the foot affected was tied up with a poultice and some nasty bandages. I was much affected by this sight ..."<ref>Curtis, p. 146; Green, pp. 154–155; Gregg, p. 231</ref> |
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Anne's sole surviving child, the Duke of Gloucester, died at the age of eleven on 30 July 1700. Anne ordered her household to observe a day of mourning every year on the anniversary of his death.<ref>Green, p. 80</ref> With William childless and Gloucester dead, Anne was the only individual remaining in the line of succession established by the |
Anne's sole surviving child, the Duke of Gloucester, died at the age of eleven on 30 July 1700. She and her husband were "overwhelmed with grief".<ref>Luttrell, vol. IV, p. 675; Somerset, p. 163</ref> Anne ordered her household to observe a day of mourning every year on the anniversary of his death.<ref>Green, p. 80</ref> With William childless and Gloucester dead, Anne was the only individual remaining in the line of succession established by the Bill of Rights 1689. To address the succession crisis and preclude a Catholic restoration, the [[Parliament of England]] enacted the [[Act of Settlement 1701]], which provided that, failing the issue of Anne and of William III by any future marriage, the Crown of England and Ireland would go to [[Sophia of Hanover|Sophia, Electress of Hanover]], and her Protestant descendants. Sophia was the granddaughter of [[James VI and I]] through his daughter [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth]], who was the sister of Anne's grandfather [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]. Over fifty Catholic claimants more closely related to Anne were excluded from the line of succession.<ref>Somerset, p. 165</ref> Anne's father died in September 1701. His widow, Anne's stepmother, the former queen, wrote to Anne to inform her that her father forgave her and to remind her of her promise to seek the restoration of his line. Anne, however, had already acquiesced to the new line of succession created by the Act of Settlement.<ref>Green, pp. 86–87; Waller, p. 312</ref> |
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==Reign== |
==Reign== |
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[[File:Queen Anne of Great Britain.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[Charles Jervas]]]] |
[[File:Queen Anne of Great Britain.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait by [[Charles Jervas]]]] |
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Anne became queen upon the death of William III on 8 March 1702, and was immediately popular.<ref>Green, p. 90; Waller, p. 312</ref> In her first speech to the English Parliament, on 11 March, she distanced herself from her late Dutch brother-in-law and said, "As I know my heart to be entirely English, I can very sincerely assure you there is not anything you can expect or desire from me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England."<ref>Green, p. 91; Waller, p. 313</ref> |
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Soon after her accession, Anne appointed her husband [[Admiralty|Lord High Admiral]], giving him nominal control of the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>Green, p. 94; Gregg, p. 160</ref> Anne gave control of the army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]].<ref>Green, p. 94; Waller, p. 315; Ward, p. 460</ref> Marlborough also received numerous honours from the Queen; he was created a [[Order of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]] and was elevated to the rank of duke. The Duchess of Marlborough was appointed [[Groom of the Stole]], [[Mistress of the Robes]], and [[Keeper of the Privy Purse]].<ref>Green, p. 95; Waller, p. 314</ref> |
Soon after her accession, Anne appointed her husband [[List of Lord High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty|Lord High Admiral]], giving him nominal control of the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>Green, p. 94; Gregg, p. 160</ref> Anne gave control of the army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]].<ref>Green, p. 94; Somerset, p. 174; Waller, p. 315; Ward, p. 460</ref> Marlborough also received numerous honours from the Queen; he was created a [[Order of the Garter|Knight of the Garter]] and was elevated to the rank of duke. The Duchess of Marlborough was appointed [[Groom of the Stole]], [[Mistress of the Robes]], and [[Keeper of the Privy Purse]].<ref>Green, p. 95; Waller, p. 314</ref> |
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Anne was [[Coronation of the British monarch|crowned]] |
Anne was [[Coronation of the British monarch|crowned]] on [[St George's Day]], 23 April 1702.<ref>Curtis, p. 97; Green, pp. 95–96; Gregg, p. 154; Somerset, p. 187</ref> Afflicted with gout, she was carried to [[Westminster Abbey]] in an open sedan chair, with a low back to permit her train to flow out behind her.<ref>Curtis, p. 97; Green, p. 96</ref> On 4 May, England became embroiled in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], in which England, Austria and Holland fought against France and Spain.<ref>Green, p. 97; Gregg, p. 158</ref> [[Charles II of Spain]] had died childless in 1700, and the succession was disputed by two claimants: the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles of Austria]] and the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] [[Philip V of Spain|Philip, Duke of Anjou]].<ref>Curtis, p. 101; Green, pp. 85–86; Gregg, p. 125</ref> |
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===Act of Union=== |
===Act of Union=== |
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The Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament, applied in England and Ireland but not Scotland, where a strong minority wished to preserve the Stuart dynasty and its right of inheritance to the throne.<ref>Gregg, pp. 130–131</ref> |
The Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament, applied in England and Ireland but not Scotland, where a strong minority wished to preserve the Stuart dynasty and its right of inheritance to the throne.<ref>Gregg, pp. 130–131</ref> Anne had declared it "very necessary" to conclude a union of England and Scotland in her first speech to the English Parliament,<ref>Somerset, p. 212</ref> and a joint Anglo-Scots commission met at her former residence the Cockpit to discuss terms in October 1702. The negotiations broke up in early February 1703 having failed to reach an agreement.<ref>Somerset, p. 214</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/act-of-union-1707/overview/negotiations-for-union-1702---03/|title=Negotiations for Union 1702–03|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> The Estates of Scotland responded to the Act of Settlement by passing the [[Act of Security 1704|Act of Security]], which gave the Estates the power, if the Queen had no further children, to choose the next Scottish monarch from among the Protestant descendants of the royal line of Scotland.<ref>Curtis, p. 145; Somerset, p. 257</ref> The individual chosen by the Estates could not be the same person who came to the English throne, unless England granted full freedom of trade to Scottish merchants.<ref>Green, p. 133</ref> At first, Anne withheld [[royal assent]] to the act, but granted it the following year when the Estates threatened to withhold supply, endangering Scottish support for England's wars.<ref>Somerset, pp. 269–270</ref> |
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[[File:Queen Anne by John Closterman.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait from the school of [[John Closterman]], ''circa'' 1702]] |
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In its turn, the English Parliament responded with the [[Alien Act 1705]], which threatened to impose economic sanctions and declare Scottish subjects [[alien (law)|aliens]] in England, unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security or moved to unite with England.<ref>Green, p. 134</ref> The Estates chose the latter option, and commissioners were appointed by Queen Anne to negotiate the terms of a union.<ref>Gregg, pp. 202, 214</ref> |
In its turn, the English Parliament responded with the [[Alien Act 1705]], which threatened to impose economic sanctions and declare Scottish subjects [[alien (law)|aliens]] in England, unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security or moved to unite with England.<ref>Green, p. 134; Somerset, pp. 277–278</ref> The Estates chose the latter option; the English Parliament agreed to repeal the Alien Act,<ref>Somerset, p. 296</ref> and new commissioners were appointed by Queen Anne in early 1706 to negotiate the terms of a union.<ref>Gregg, pp. 202, 214</ref> The articles of union approved by the commissioners were presented to Anne on 23 July 1706,<ref>Somerset, p. 297</ref> and ratified by the Scottish and English Parliaments on 16 January and 6 March 1707 respectively.<ref>Gregg, p. 239; Somerset, pp. 315–316</ref> Under the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union]], England and Scotland were united into a single kingdom called Great Britain, with one parliament, on 1 May 1707.<ref>Gregg, p. 240</ref> Anne, a consistent and ardent supporter of union despite opposition on both sides of the border, attended a thanksgiving service in [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. The Scot [[Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet]], who also attended, wrote, "nobody on this occasion appeared more sincerely devout and thankful than the Queen herself".<ref>Clerk's memoirs, quoted in Gregg, p. 240 and Somerset, pp. 316–317</ref> |
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===Two-party politics=== |
===Two-party politics=== |
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[[File:Queen Anne by John Closterman.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait from the school of [[John Closterman]], ''circa'' 1702]] |
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Anne's reign was marked by the further development of a two-party system. In general, the [[Tory|Tories]] were supportive of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican church]] and favoured the "landed interest" of the country gentry, while the [[British Whig Party|Whigs]] were aligned with commercial interests and Protestant [[Dissenter]]s. As a committed Anglican, Anne was inclined to favour the Tories.<ref>Curtis, pp. 102–104; Gregg, pp. 133–134</ref> Her first ministry was predominantly Tory, and contained such [[High Tories]] as [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham]], and her uncle [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester]].<ref>Waller, p. 318</ref> It was headed by [[Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin|Lord Godolphin]] and Anne's favourite the [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke of Marlborough]], who were considered moderate Tories, along with the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]], [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer|Robert Harley]].<ref>Gregg, p. 135</ref> |
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Anne's reign was marked by the further development of a two-party system. In general, the [[Tory|Tories]] were supportive of the [[Anglicanism|Anglican church]] and favoured the "landed interest" of the country gentry, while the [[British Whig Party|Whigs]] were aligned with commercial interests and Protestant [[Dissenter]]s. As a committed Anglican, Anne was inclined to favour the Tories.<ref>Curtis, pp. 102–104; Gregg, pp. 133–134; Somerset, pp. 189–199</ref> Her first ministry was predominantly Tory, and contained such [[High Tories]] as [[Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham]], and her uncle [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester]].<ref>Somerset, pp. 201–203; Waller, p. 318</ref> It was headed by [[Lord Treasurer]] [[Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin|Lord Godolphin]] and Anne's favourite the [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Duke of Marlborough]], who were considered moderate Tories, along with the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]], [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer|Robert Harley]].<ref>Gregg, p. 135</ref> |
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Anne supported the Occasional Conformity Bill of 1702, which was promoted by the Tories and opposed by the Whigs. The bill aimed to disqualify Protestant Dissenters from public office by closing a loophole in the [[Test Act]]s, legislation that restricted public office to Anglican [[conformist]]s. The existing law permitted [[nonconformist]]s to take office if they took Anglican [[Eucharist|communion]] once a year. Anne's husband was placed in an unfortunate position when Anne forced him to vote for the bill, even though, being a [[Lutheran]], he was an occasional conformist himself. The Whigs successfully blocked the bill for the duration of the parliamentary session.<ref>Curtis, p. 107; Green, pp. 108–109; Gregg, pp. 162–163</ref> Anne reinstituted the traditional religious practice of [[Touch piece#Healing of the King's or Queen's Evil|touching for the |
Anne supported the Occasional Conformity Bill of 1702, which was promoted by the Tories and opposed by the Whigs. The bill aimed to disqualify Protestant Dissenters from public office by closing a loophole in the [[Test Act]]s, legislation that restricted public office to Anglican [[conformist]]s. The existing law permitted [[nonconformist]]s to take office if they took Anglican [[Eucharist|communion]] once a year. Anne's husband was placed in an unfortunate position when Anne forced him to vote for the bill, even though, being a [[Lutheran]], he was an occasional conformist himself. The Whigs successfully blocked the bill for the duration of the parliamentary session.<ref>Curtis, p. 107; Green, pp. 108–109; Gregg, pp. 162–163</ref> Anne reinstituted the traditional religious practice of [[Touch piece#Healing of the King's or Queen's Evil|touching for the king's evil]] that had been eschewed by William as papist superstition.<ref>Green, p. 105; Somerset, p. 226; Waller, pp. 316–317</ref> After the [[Great Storm of 1703]], Anne declared a general fast to implore God "to pardon the crying sins of this nation which had drawn down this sad judgement".<ref>Green, p. 121</ref> The Occasional Conformity Bill was revived in the wake of the storm,<ref>Green, p. 122</ref> but Anne withheld support, fearing its reintroduction was a ruse to cause a political quarrel. Once again it failed.<ref>Curtis, p. 116; Green, p. 122; Gregg, p. 177</ref> A third attempt to introduce the bill as an amendment to a [[money bill]] in November 1704 was also thwarted.<ref>Gregg, pp. 192–194; Somerset, pp. 275–276</ref> |
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The Whigs vigorously supported the War of the Spanish Succession and became even more influential after the Duke of Marlborough won a great victory at the [[Battle of Blenheim]] in 1704. Many of the High Tories, who opposed British involvement in the land war against France, were removed from office.<ref>Gregg, p. 196</ref> Godolphin, Marlborough, and Harley, who had replaced Nottingham as [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]], formed a ruling "triumvirate".<ref>Green, p. 129</ref> They were forced to rely more and more on support from the Whigs, and particularly from the [[Whig Junto]]—Lords [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|Somers]], [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford|Orford]], [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton|Wharton]] and [[Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland|Sunderland]]—whom Anne disliked.<ref>Curtis, pp. 134, 138–139; Green, pp. 117, 155, 172; Gregg, pp. 134, 218–219</ref> Sarah |
The Whigs vigorously supported the War of the Spanish Succession and became even more influential after the Duke of Marlborough won a great victory at the [[Battle of Blenheim]] in 1704. Many of the High Tories, who opposed British involvement in the land war against France, were removed from office.<ref>Gregg, p. 196</ref> Godolphin, Marlborough, and Harley, who had replaced Nottingham as [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]], formed a ruling "triumvirate".<ref>Green, p. 129</ref> They were forced to rely more and more on support from the Whigs, and particularly from the [[Whig Junto]]—Lords [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|Somers]], [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford|Orford]], [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton|Wharton]] and [[Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland|Sunderland]]—whom Anne disliked.<ref>Curtis, pp. 134, 138–139; Green, pp. 117, 155, 172; Gregg, pp. 134, 218–219</ref> Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough, incessantly badgered the Queen to appoint more Whigs and reduce the power of the Tories, whom she considered little better than Jacobites, and the Queen became increasingly discontented with her.<ref>Gregg, pp. 174–175, 188–193; Somerset, pp. 245–246, 258, 272–274</ref> |
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[[File:Half-crown of Anne.jpg|thumb|right|[[British half crown coin|Half-crown coin]] of Queen Anne, 1708. The inscription reads in {{lang-la|ANNA DEI GRATIA}} (Anne [[by the Grace of God]]).]] |
[[File:Half-crown of Anne.jpg|thumb|right|[[British half crown coin|Half-crown coin]] of Queen Anne, 1708. The inscription reads in {{lang-la|ANNA DEI GRATIA}} (Anne [[by the Grace of God]]).]] |
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In 1706, Godolphin and |
In 1706, Godolphin and the Marlboroughs forced Anne to accept Lord Sunderland, a Junto Whig and the Marlboroughs' son-in-law, as Harley's colleague as [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]].<ref>Green, p. 155; Gregg, pp. 219–230; Somerset, pp. 301–311</ref> Although this strengthened the ministry's position in Parliament, it weakened the ministry's position with the Queen, as Anne became increasingly irritated with Godolphin and with her former favourite, the Duchess of Marlborough, for supporting Sunderland and other Whig candidates for vacant government and church positions.<ref>Green, p. 156; Gregg, pp. 230–231, 241–246; Somerset, pp. 318–321</ref> The Queen turned for private advice to Harley, who was uncomfortable with Marlborough and Godolphin's turn towards the Whigs. She also turned to [[Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham|Abigail Hill]], a [[woman of the bedchamber]] who became more amenable to Anne as her relationship with Sarah deteriorated.<ref>Curtis, p. 152; Green, pp. 166–168; Waller, p. 324</ref> Abigail was related to both Harley and the Duchess, but was politically closer to Harley, and acted as an intermediary between him and the Queen.<ref>Gregg, p. 236–237; Somerset, p. 324</ref> |
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The division within the ministry came to a head on 8 February 1708, when Godolphin and |
The division within the ministry came to a head on 8 February 1708, when Godolphin and the Marlboroughs insisted that the Queen had to either dismiss Harley or do without their services. When the Queen seemed to hesitate, Marlborough and Godolphin refused to attend a cabinet meeting. Harley attempted to lead business without his former colleagues, and several of those present including the [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset|Duke of Somerset]] refused to participate until they returned.<ref>Green, pp. 182–183; Gregg, pp. 258–259; Somerset, pp. 340–341</ref> Her hand forced, the Queen dismissed Harley.<ref>Green, p. 183; Gregg, p. 259; Somerset, p. 341</ref> |
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The following month, Anne's Catholic half-brother [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] attempted to land in Scotland |
The following month, Anne's Catholic half-brother, [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], attempted to land in Scotland with French assistance in an attempt to establish himself as king.<ref>Curtis, p. 157; Green, p. 186; Gregg, pp. 261–262; Somerset, p. 343</ref> Anne withheld royal assent from the [[Scottish Militia Bill 1708]] in case the militia raised in Scotland was disloyal and sided with the Jacobites.<ref>Curtis, p. 157</ref> She was the last British sovereign to veto a parliamentary bill, although her action was barely commented upon at the time.<ref>Curtis, p. 157; Gregg, p. 144</ref> The invasion fleet never landed and was chased away by British ships commanded by [[George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington|Sir George Byng]].<ref>Curtis, p. 158; Green, p. 186; Gregg, p. 262; Somerset, p. 345</ref> As a result of the Jacobite invasion scare, support for the Tories fell and the Whigs were able to secure a majority in the [[British general election, 1708]].<ref>Gregg, p. 263</ref> |
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The Duchess of Marlborough was angered when Abigail moved into rooms at [[Kensington Palace]] that Sarah considered her own, though she rarely if ever used them.<ref>Gregg, pp. 273–274; Somerset, pp. 347–348</ref> In July 1708, she came to court with a bawdy poem written by a Whig propagandist, probably Arthur Maynwaring,<ref>Gregg, p. 275; Somerset, p. 361</ref> that implied a [[lesbian]] relationship between Anne and Abigail.<ref>Gregg, pp. 275–276; Somerset, pp. 360–361; Waller, pp. 324–325</ref> The Duchess wrote to Anne telling her she had damaged her reputation by conceiving "a great passion for such a woman ... strange and unaccountable".<ref>Gregg, pp. 275–276; Somerset, p. 362; Waller, pp. 324–325</ref> Sarah thought Abigail had risen above her station, writing "I never thought her education was such as to make her fit company for a great queen. Many people have liked the humour of their chambermaids and have been very kind to them, but 'tis very uncommon to hold a private correspondence with them and put them upon the foot of a friend."<ref>Somerset, pp. 353–354</ref> While some modern commentators have concluded Anne was a lesbian,<ref>e.g. Kendall, pp. 165–176</ref> most have rejected this analysis.<ref>Professor Valerie Traub writes, "Although this scandal features prominently in biographies of the Queen, the charges generally are dismissed as the hysterical vindictiveness of a power-hungry Duchess" (Traub, p. 157).</ref> In the opinion of Anne's biographers, she considered Abigail nothing more than a trusted servant,<ref>Gregg, p. 237; Somerset, p. 363</ref> and was a woman of strong traditional beliefs, who was devoted to her husband.<ref>Somerset, pp. 363–364</ref> |
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At a thanksgiving service for a victory at the [[Battle of Oudenarde]], Anne did not wear the jewels that Sarah had selected for her. At the door of St Paul's Cathedral, they had an argument that culminated in Sarah offending the Queen by telling her to be quiet.<ref>Curtis, pp. 162–163; Green, pp. 195–196; Gregg, p. 276; Somerset, pp. 364–365</ref> Anne was dismayed.<ref>Curtis, pp. 163–164; Green, p. 196; Gregg, p. 277; Somerset, p. 365</ref> When Sarah forwarded an unrelated letter from her husband to Anne, with a covering note continuing the argument, Anne wrote back pointedly, "After the commands you gave me on the thanksgiving day of not answering you, I should not have troubled you with these lines, but to return the Duke of Marlborough's letter safe into your hands, and for the same reason do not say anything to that, nor to yours which enclosed it."<ref>Curtis, pp. 163–164; Green, p. 196; Gregg, p. 277</ref> |
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===Death of her husband=== |
===Death of her husband=== |
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[[File:Charles Boit, Queen Anne and Prince George crop.jpg|thumb|left|Anne with her husband, Prince George of Denmark, painted by [[Charles Boit]], 1706]] |
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Anne was devastated by her husband's death in October 1708,<ref>Curtis, pp. 165–168; Green, p. 198; Gregg, p. 280</ref> and the event proved a turning point in her relationship with the Duchess of Marlborough. The Duchess arrived at [[Kensington Palace]] shortly before George died, and after his death insisted that Anne leave Kensington for St. James's Palace against her wishes.<ref>Green, p. 199</ref> Anne resented the Duchess's intrusive actions, which included removing a portrait of George from the Queen's bedchamber and then refusing to return it in the belief that it was natural "to avoid seeing of papers or anything that belonged to one that one loved when they were just dead".<ref>Green, p. 202</ref> |
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Anne was devastated by her husband's death in October 1708,<ref>Curtis, pp. 165–168; Green, p. 198; Gregg, p. 280; Somerset, pp. 372–374</ref> and the event proved a turning point in her relationship with the Duchess of Marlborough. The Duchess arrived at [[Kensington Palace]] shortly before George died, and after his death insisted that Anne leave Kensington for St James's Palace against her wishes.<ref>Green, p. 199; Somerset, p. 370</ref> Anne resented the Duchess's intrusive actions, which included removing a portrait of George from the Queen's bedchamber and then refusing to return it in the belief that it was natural "to avoid seeing of papers or anything that belonged to one that one loved when they were just dead".<ref>Green, p. 202</ref> |
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[[File:Charles Boit, Queen Anne and Prince George crop.jpg|thumb|left|Anne with her husband, Prince George of Denmark, 1706]] |
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The Whigs used George's death to their own advantage. The leadership of the [[Admiralty]] was unpopular amongst the Whig leaders, who had blamed Prince George and his deputy [[George Churchill]] (who was Marlborough's brother) for mismanagement of the navy.<ref>Green, pp. 175–176; Gregg, pp. 254, 266</ref> With Whigs now dominant in Parliament, and Anne distraught at the loss of her husband, they forced her to accept the Junto leaders [[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|Lord Somers]] and [[Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton|Lord Wharton]] into the cabinet. Anne, however, insisted on carrying out the duties of [[Admiralty|Lord High Admiral]] herself, without appointing a member of the government to take George's place as nominal head of the navy. Undeterred, the Junto demanded the appointment of the [[Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford|Earl of Orford]], another member of the Junto and one of Prince George's leading critics, as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. Anne appointed the moderate [[Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke]], on 29 November 1708. Pressure mounted on Pembroke, Godolphin and the Queen from the dissatisfied Junto Whigs, and Pembroke resigned after less than a year in office. Another month of arguments followed before the Queen finally consented to put the Earl of Orford in control of the Admiralty in November 1709.<ref>Gregg, p. 284</ref> |
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The Whigs used George's death to their own advantage. The leadership of the [[Admiralty]] was unpopular among the Whig leaders, who had blamed Prince George and his deputy [[George Churchill (Royal Navy officer)|George Churchill]] (who was Marlborough's brother) for mismanagement of the navy.<ref>Green, pp. 175–176; Gregg, pp. 254, 266</ref> With Whigs now dominant in Parliament, and Anne distraught at the loss of her husband, they forced her to accept the Junto leaders Lords Somers and Wharton into the cabinet. Anne, however, insisted on carrying out the duties of Lord High Admiral herself, without appointing a member of the government to take George's place. Undeterred, the Junto demanded the appointment of the Earl of Orford, another member of the Junto and one of Prince George's leading critics, as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. Anne appointed the moderate [[Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke|Earl of Pembroke]], on 29 November 1708. Pressure mounted on Pembroke, Godolphin and the Queen from the dissatisfied Junto Whigs, and Pembroke resigned after less than a year in office. Another month of arguments followed before the Queen finally consented to put Orford in control of the Admiralty as First Lord in November 1709.<ref>Gregg, p. 284</ref> |
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Sarah continued to berate Anne for her friendship with Abigail, and in October 1709, Anne wrote to the Duke of Marlborough asking that his wife "leave off teasing & tormenting me & behave herself with the decency she ought both to her friend and Queen".<ref>Green, pp. 210–214; Gregg, pp. 292–294; Waller, p. 325</ref> On [[Maundy Thursday]] 6 April 1710, Anne and Sarah saw each other for the last time. According to Sarah, the Queen was taciturn and formal, repeating the same phrases—"Whatever you have to say you may put in writing" and "You said you desired no answer, and I shall give you none"—over and over.<ref>Curtis, p. 173; Green, pp. 307–308; Gregg, pp. 221–222</ref> |
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Sarah continued to berate Anne for her friendship with Abigail, and in October 1709, Anne wrote to the Duke of Marlborough asking that his wife "leave off teasing & tormenting me & behave herself with the decency she ought both to her friend and Queen".<ref>Green, pp. 210–214; Gregg, pp. 292–294; Somerset, pp. 389–390; Waller, p. 325</ref> On [[Maundy Thursday]] 6 April 1710, Anne and Sarah saw each other for the last time. According to Sarah, the Queen was taciturn and formal, repeating the same phrases—"Whatever you have to say you may put in writing" and "You said you desired no answer, and I shall give you none"—over and over.<ref>Curtis, p. 173; Green, pp. 307–308; Gregg, pp. 221–222</ref> |
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===War of the Spanish Succession=== |
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As the expensive War of the Spanish Succession grew unpopular, so did the Whig administration.<ref>Gregg, p. 298</ref> The [[impeachment]] of [[Henry Sacheverell]], a [[High Church]] Tory Anglican who had preached anti-Whig sermons, led to further public discontent. Anne thought Sacheverell ought to be punished for questioning the "Glorious Revolution", but that his punishment should only be a mild one to prevent further public commotion.<ref>Green, pp. 217–218; Gregg, pp. 305–306 |
As the expensive War of the Spanish Succession grew unpopular, so did the Whig administration.<ref>Gregg, p. 298</ref> The [[impeachment]] of [[Henry Sacheverell]], a [[High Church]] Tory Anglican who had preached anti-Whig sermons, led to further public discontent. Anne thought Sacheverell ought to be punished for questioning the "Glorious Revolution", but that his punishment should only be a mild one to prevent further public commotion.<ref>Green, pp. 217–218; Gregg, pp. 305–306</ref> In London, riots broke out in support of Sacheverell, but the only troops available to quell the disturbances were Anne's guards, and Secretary of State Sunderland was reluctant to use them and leave the Queen less protected. Anne declared God would be her guard and ordered Sunderland to redeploy her troops.<ref name=sacheverell/> In line with Anne's views, Sacheverell was convicted, but his sentence—suspension of preaching for three years—was so light as to render the trial a mockery.<ref name=sacheverell>Green, p. 220; Gregg, p. 306; Somerset, pp. 403–404</ref> |
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[[File:Queen Anne.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Tinted engraving of Anne from an atlas commissioned by [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus of Saxony]], 1706–1710]] |
[[File:Queen Anne.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Tinted engraving of Anne from an atlas commissioned by [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus of Saxony]], 1706–1710]] |
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The Queen, increasingly disdainful of the Marlboroughs and her ministry, finally took the opportunity to dismiss Sunderland in June 1710.<ref>Curtis, p. 176; Gregg, pp. 313–314</ref> Godolphin followed in August. The Junto Whigs were removed from office, although Marlborough, for the moment, remained as commander of the army. In their place, she appointed a new ministry, headed by Harley, which began to seek peace with France. Unlike the Whigs, Harley and his ministry were ready to compromise by giving Spain to the |
The Queen, increasingly disdainful of the Marlboroughs and her ministry, finally took the opportunity to dismiss Sunderland in June 1710.<ref>Curtis, p. 176; Gregg, pp. 313–314; Somerset, pp. 414–415</ref> Godolphin followed in August. The Junto Whigs were removed from office, although Marlborough, for the moment, remained as commander of the army. In their place, she appointed a new ministry, headed by Harley, which began to seek peace with France. Unlike the Whigs, Harley and his ministry were ready to compromise by giving Spain to the Bourbon claimant, Philip of Anjou, in return for commercial concessions.<ref>Gregg, p. 335</ref> In the [[British general election, 1710|parliamentary elections]] that soon followed his appointment, Harley, aided by government patronage, secured a large Tory majority.<ref>Gregg, pp. 322–324</ref> In January 1711, Anne forced Sarah to resign her court offices, and Abigail took over as Keeper of the Privy Purse.<ref>Green, pp. 238–241; Gregg, pp. 328–331; Somerset, pp. 435–437</ref> Harley was stabbed by a disgruntled French refugee, the Marquis de Guiscard, in March, and Anne wept at the thought he would die. He recovered slowly.<ref>Green, p. 244; Gregg, p. 337; Somerset, pp. 439–440</ref> Godolphin's death from natural causes in September 1712 reduced Anne to tears; she blamed their estrangement on the Marlboroughs.<ref>Green, p. 274</ref> |
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The elder brother of Archduke Charles, [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Joseph I]], died in April 1711 and Charles succeeded him in Austria, Hungary and the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. To give him also the Spanish throne was no longer in Britain's interests, but the proposed [[Peace of Utrecht]] submitted to Parliament for ratification did not go as far as the Whigs wanted to curb Bourbon ambitions.<ref>Gregg, pp. 337–343</ref> In the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], the Tory majority was unassailable, but the same was not true in the [[House of Lords]]. The Whigs secured the support of the Earl of Nottingham against the treaty by promising to support [[Occasional Conformity Act 1711|his Occasional Conformity bill]].<ref>Curtis, p. 189; Green, p. 258; Gregg, p. 343; Somerset, pp. 458–460</ref> Seeing a need for decisive action to erase the anti-peace majority in the House of Lords, and seeing no alternative, Anne reluctantly created twelve new peers.<ref>Curtis, p. 190; Green, p. 263; Gregg, pp. 349–351; Somerset, pp. 463–465</ref> Abigail's husband, [[Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham|Samuel Masham]], was made a baron, although Anne protested to Harley that "she never had any design to make a great lady of [Abigail], and should lose a useful servant".<ref>Gregg, pp. 349–351; Somerset, pp. 464–465</ref> Such a mass creation of peers was unprecedented.<ref>Green, p. 263; Somerset, p. 465</ref> On the same day, Marlborough was dismissed as commander of the army.<ref>Green, p. 263; Gregg, p. 350</ref> The peace treaty was ratified and Britain's military involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession ended.<ref>Gregg, pp. 358, 361</ref> |
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By signing the Treaty of Utrecht, King [[Louis XIV of France]] recognised the Hanoverian succession in Britain.<ref>Gregg, p. 361</ref> Nevertheless, gossip that Anne and her ministers favoured the succession of her half-brother rather than the Hanoverians continued, despite Anne's denials in public and private.<ref>Green, pp. 272–284; Gregg, pp. 363–366</ref> The rumours were fed by her consistent refusals to permit any of the Hanoverians to visit or move to England,<ref>Curtis, p. 193</ref> and by the intrigues of Harley and the Tory Secretary of State [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke|Lord Bolingbroke]], who were in separate and secret discussions with her half-brother about a possible Stuart restoration until early 1714.<ref>Gregg, pp. 375–377</ref> |
By signing the Treaty of Utrecht, King [[Louis XIV of France]] recognised the Hanoverian succession in Britain.<ref>Gregg, p. 361</ref> Nevertheless, gossip that Anne and her ministers favoured the succession of her half-brother rather than the Hanoverians continued, despite Anne's denials in public and in private.<ref>Green, pp. 272–284; Gregg, pp. 363–366</ref> The rumours were fed by her consistent refusals to permit any of the Hanoverians to visit or move to England,<ref>Curtis, p. 193</ref> and by the intrigues of Harley and the Tory Secretary of State [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke|Lord Bolingbroke]], who were in separate and secret discussions with her half-brother about a possible Stuart restoration until early 1714.<ref>Gregg, pp. 375–377; Somerset, pp. 505–507</ref> |
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===Death=== |
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Anne was unable to walk between January and July 1713.<ref>Curtis, p. 193; Green, p. 282</ref> At Christmas, she was feverish, and lay unconscious for hours,<ref>Curtis, p. 193; Green, pp. 294–295</ref> which led to rumours of her impending death.<ref>Green, p. 296; Gregg, p. 374</ref> She recovered, but was seriously ill again in March.<ref>Green, p. 300; Gregg, p. 378</ref> On 27 July 1714, during Parliament's summer [[Recess (motion)|recess]], she dismissed Harley as Lord Treasurer.<ref>Green, p. 318; Gregg, pp. 390–391</ref> She was rendered unable to speak by a stroke on 30 July 1714, the anniversary of Gloucester's death, and on the advice of the |
Anne was unable to walk between January and July 1713.<ref>Curtis, p. 193; Green, p. 282</ref> At Christmas, she was feverish, and lay unconscious for hours,<ref>Curtis, p. 193; Green, pp. 294–295</ref> which led to rumours of her impending death.<ref>Green, p. 296; Gregg, p. 374; Somerset, p. 502</ref> She recovered, but was seriously ill again in March.<ref>Green, p. 300; Gregg, p. 378</ref> By July, Anne had lost confidence in Harley, saying "that he neglected all business; that he was seldom to be understood; that when he did explain himself, she could not depend upon the truth of what he said; that he never came to her at the time she appointed; that he often came drunk; [and] last, to crown all, he behaved himself towards her with ill manner, indecency and disrespect."<ref>Harley's secretary Erasmus Lewis writing to [[Jonathan Swift]], quoted in Gregg, p. 391 and Somerset, p. 524</ref> On 27 July 1714, during Parliament's summer [[Recess (motion)|recess]], she dismissed Harley as Lord Treasurer.<ref>Green, p. 318; Gregg, pp. 390–391</ref> Despite failing health, which her doctors blamed on the emotional strain of matters of state, she attended two late-night cabinet meetings that failed to determine Harley's successor. A third meeting was cancelled when she became too ill to attend.<ref>Gregg, pp. 391–392; Somerset, pp. 525–526</ref> She was rendered unable to speak by a stroke on 30 July 1714, the anniversary of Gloucester's death, and on the advice of the Privy Council handed the treasurer's staff of office to Whig grandee [[Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury]].<ref>Green, pp. 321–322; Somerset, p. 527; Waller, p. 328</ref> She died of suppressed gout, ending in [[erysipelas]], at around 7:30 a.m. on 1 August 1714.<ref>Gregg, pp. 392–394</ref> [[John Arbuthnot]], one of her doctors, thought her death was a release from a life of ill-health and tragedy; he wrote to [[Jonathan Swift]], "I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her."<ref>Quoted in Gregg, p. 394</ref> |
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The Electress Sophia died on 8 June |
Anne was buried beside her husband and children in the [[Henry VII chapel]] on the South Aisle of Westminster Abbey on 24 August.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=5254|startpage=1|date=24 August 1714}}</ref> The Electress Sophia had died on 28 May,<ref>8 June in the [[Old Style and New Style dates|New Style]] [[Gregorian calendar]] in use in Hanover since 1700.</ref> two months before Anne, so the Electress's son, George, Elector of Hanover, inherited the British Crown pursuant to the Act of Settlement 1701. The possible Catholic claimants, including Anne's half-brother, were ignored. The Elector's accession was relatively stable: a [[Jacobite Rising of 1715|Jacobite rising in 1715]] failed.<ref>Curtis, p. 201</ref> Marlborough was re-instated,<ref>Green, p. 327</ref> and the Tory ministers were replaced by Whigs.<ref>Gregg, p. 399</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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[[File:Anne of Great Britain, St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, GB, IMG 5190 edit.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Statue of Anne in front of [[St Paul's Cathedral, London]]. A [[High Tory]] political opponent wrote that "it was fitting she was depicted with her rump to the church, gazing longingly into a wineshop".<ref>Somerset, p. 501</ref>]] |
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[[File:Anne of Great Britain St Paul's.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Statue of Anne in front of [[St. Paul's Cathedral, London]]]] |
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The Duchess of Marlborough "unduly disparaged" Anne in her memoirs,<ref name=yorke>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Yorke, Philip Chesney|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Anne (1665–1714)|publisher=University Press|location=Cambridge|edition=11th|year=1911}}</ref> and her prejudiced recollections<!--also supported by Green, p. 11--> persuaded many biographers that Anne was "a weak, irresolute woman beset by bedchamber quarrels and deciding high policy on the basis of personalities".<ref>Gregg, p. 401</ref> The Duchess wrote of Anne: |
The Duchess of Marlborough "unduly disparaged" Anne in her memoirs,<ref name=yorke>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Yorke, Philip Chesney|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Anne (1665–1714)|publisher=University Press|location=Cambridge|edition=11th|year=1911}}</ref> and her prejudiced recollections<!--also supported by Green, p. 11--> persuaded many biographers that Anne was "a weak, irresolute woman beset by bedchamber quarrels and deciding high policy on the basis of personalities".<ref>Gregg, p. 401</ref> The Duchess wrote of Anne: |
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{{Quote|She certainly meant well and was not a fool, but nobody can maintain that she was wise, nor entertaining in conversation. She was ignorant in everything but what the parsons had taught her when a child … Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour.<ref>Green, p. 330</ref>}} |
{{Quote|She certainly meant well and was not a fool, but nobody can maintain that she was wise, nor entertaining in conversation. She was ignorant in everything but what the parsons had taught her when a child … Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour.<ref>Green, p. 330</ref>}} |
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In the opinion of historians, traditional assessments of Anne as fat, constantly pregnant, under the influence of favourites, and lacking political astuteness or interest may derive from [[male chauvinism|male chauvinist]] prejudices against women.<ref>Waller, p. 313; see also Somerset, pp. 541–543 for a similar view.</ref> Author David Green noted, "Hers was not, as used to be supposed, [[Petticoat government (phrase)|petticoat government]]. She had considerable power; yet time and time again she had to capitulate."<ref>Green, p. 14</ref> Professor Edward Gregg concluded that Anne was often able to impose her will, even though, as a woman in an age of male dominance and preoccupied by her health, her reign was marked by an increase in the influence of ministers and a decrease in the influence of the Crown.<ref>Gregg, p. 404</ref> She attended more cabinet meetings than any of her predecessors or successors,<ref>Green, p. 97; Gregg, p. 141</ref> and presided over an age of artistic, literary, economic and political advancement that was made possible by the stability and prosperity of her reign.<ref>Curtis, p. 204</ref> In architecture, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]] constructed [[Blenheim Palace]] and [[Castle Howard]].<ref>Curtis, pp. 124–131</ref> Writers such as [[Daniel Defoe]], [[Alexander Pope]] and [[Jonathan Swift]] flourished.<ref>Gregg, p. 132</ref> [[Henry Wise (gardener)|Henry Wise]] laid out new gardens at Blenheim, Kensington, Windsor and St James's.<ref>Curtis, pp. 131, 136–137</ref> The union of England and Scotland, which Anne had fervently supported,<ref>Gregg, p. 405</ref> created Europe's largest free trade area.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6263977.stm|title=Quick Guide: Act of Union|publisher=BBC|date=15 January 2007|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> The political and diplomatic achievements of Anne's governments, and the absence of constitutional conflict between monarch and parliament during her reign, indicate that she chose ministers and exercised her prerogatives wisely.<ref>Waller, pp. 313, 317, 328</ref> |
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===In popular culture=== |
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Anne is a character in the novel ''[[The Man Who Laughs]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]], and was portrayed on screen by [[Anna Kallina]] in the 1921 Austrian silent adaptation ''Das grinsende Gesicht'' and by [[Josephine Crowell]] in the [[The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)|1928 silent adaptation]]. She is also a character in the 1842 play ''Le Verre d'eau'' by [[Eugène Scribe]]; [[Gunnel Lindblom]] portrayed her in the 1960 Swedish TV adaptation ''Ett Glas vatten'', [[Liselotte Pulver]] in the 1960 West German film adaptation ''[[Das Glas Wasser]]'', [[Judit Halász]] in the 1977 Hungarian TV adaptation ''Sakk-matt'', and [[Natalya Belokhvostikova]] in the 1979 Soviet film adaptation ''Stakan vody'' (''Стакан воды''). Anne was played by [[Margaret Tyzack]] in the 1969 [[BBC]] TV drama series ''[[The First Churchills]]'', [[Elizabeth Spriggs]] in the 2004 BBC drama documentary ''Wren: The Man Who Built Britain'', and [[Peter Bull]] in the 1984 comedy ''[[Yellowbeard]]''. |
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The official style of Anne before 1707 was "Anne, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, [[Fidei defensor|Defender of the Faith]], etc." |
The official style of Anne before 1707 was "Anne, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, [[Fidei defensor|Defender of the Faith]], etc." In line with other monarchs of England between 1340 and 1800, Anne was styled "[[British claims to the French throne|of France]]", but did not actually reign in France. After the union, her style was "Anne, by the Grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." |
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As queen regnant, Anne's coat of arms before the |
As [[queen regnant]], Anne's coat of arms before the union were the Stuart [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|royal arms]], in use since 1603: [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]]; I and IV grandquarterly, [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] three [[fleurs-de-lis]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] (for France) and [[Gules]] three lions [[Attitude (heraldry)#Passant|passant guardant]] in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] Or ([[Royal Arms of England|for England]]); II, Or, a lion [[rampant]] within a double [[tressure]] flory-counter-flory Gules ([[Royal coat of arms of Scotland|for Scotland]]); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed [[Argent]] ([[Coat of arms of Ireland|for Ireland]]). In 1702, Anne adopted the motto ''semper eadem'' ("always the same"), the same motto used by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].<ref name="pinches">Pinches and Pinches, pp. 194–195</ref> |
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The Acts of Union declared that: "the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/7/section/I|title=Union with England Act 1707: Section I|publisher=The National Archives|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> In 1707, the union was heraldically expressed by the [[Impalement (heraldry)|impalement]], or placing side-by-side in the same quarter, of the arms of England and Scotland, which had previously been in different quarters. The new arms were: Quarterly; I and IV, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England) impaling Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); II, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (for France); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).<ref name="pinches"/> In Scotland, a separate form of arms was used on seals until the Act of Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aosp/1707/7/section/XXIV |title=Union with England Act 1707: Section XXIV |publisher=The National Archives|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> |
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|Mary||2 June 1685<br />[[Palace of Whitehall]]||8 February 1687<br />[[Windsor Castle]]<ref name=weir268/>||10 February 1687 Westminster Abbey<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=2216|startpage=2|date=10–14 February 1686}}</ref><ref name=Chester217>Chester, p. 217</ref>||Christened 2 June 1685 by [[Henry Compton (bishop)|the Bishop of London]];<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Anne (1665–1714)|last=Ward|first=Adolphus William|authorlink=Adolphus William Ward|volume=01|pages=441–474}}</ref> styled "the Lady Mary".<ref name=Chester217/> Died of smallpox, Mary, Anne Sophia (Mary's younger sister), and their father all becoming ill at Windsor Castle in early 1687.<ref name=smallpox/> |
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|Anne Sophia||12 May 1686<br />Windsor Castle||2 February 1687<br />Windsor Castle<ref name=weir268/> or Whitehall<ref>Gregg, pp. 46–47</ref>||4 February 1687 Westminster Abbey<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=2214|startpage=2|date=3–7 February 1686}}</ref><ref name=Chester217/>||Christened by [[Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew|the Bishop of Durham]], with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Lady Churchill]] one of the godmothers;<ref name=dnb/> styled "the Lady Anne Sophia".<ref name=Chester217/> |
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|Miscarriage||colspan=2|20 September 1696<ref name=Green335/>|| ||Luttrell said Anne "miscarried of a son".<ref>Luttrell, vol. IV, p. 114; Gregg, p. 108</ref> Dr Nathaniel Johnson told [[Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon]], in a letter dated 24 October 1696, "Her Royal Highness miscarried of two children, the one of seven months' growth, the other of two or three months, as her physicians and midwife judged: one was born the day after the other."<ref>Bickley, Francis (ed.) (1930). ''Historical Manuscripts Commission: The Hastings Manuscripts''. London: HMSO, vol. II, p. 286</ref> If so, the smaller foetus was probably a [[Vanishing twin|blighted twin]] or ''fetus papyraceous''.<ref name=emson/><ref>Somerset, p. 152</ref> |
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* [[Joseph Lemuel Chester|Chester, Joseph Lemuel]] (editor) (1876). [http://www.archive.org/stream/marriagebaptism00chesgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster'']. London: Harleian Society. |
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* Curtis, Gila; introduced by [[Antonia Fraser]] (1972). ''The Life and Times of Queen Anne''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-99571-5. |
* Curtis, Gila; introduced by [[Antonia Fraser]] (1972). ''The Life and Times of Queen Anne''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-99571-5. |
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* Green, David (1970). ''Queen Anne''. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211693-6. |
* Green, David (1970). ''Queen Anne''. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211693-6. |
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* Gregg, Edward (2001). ''Queen Anne''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09024-2. |
* Gregg, Edward (2001). ''Queen Anne''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09024-2. |
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* Kendall, K. Limakatso (1991). "Finding the Good Parts: Sexuality in Women's Tragedies in the Time of Queen Anne". In: Schofield, Mary Anne; Macheski, Cecilia (eds). ''Curtain Calls: British and American Women and the Theatre, 1660–1820''. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 0-8214-0957-3. |
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* [[Narcissus Luttrell|Luttrell, Narcissus]] (1857). ''A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714.'' Oxford: University Press. |
* [[Narcissus Luttrell|Luttrell, Narcissus]] (1857). ''A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714.'' Oxford: University Press. |
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* Nenner, Howard (1998). ''The Right to be King: the Succession to the Crown of England, 1603–1714''. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-57724-8. |
* Nenner, Howard (1998). ''The Right to be King: the Succession to the Crown of England, 1603–1714''. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-57724-8. |
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* Pinches, John Harvey; Pinches, Rosemary (1974). ''The Royal Heraldry of England''. Heraldry Today. Slough, Buckinghamshire: Hollen Street Press. ISBN 0-900455-25-X. |
* [[John Pinches|Pinches, John Harvey]]; Pinches, Rosemary (1974). ''The Royal Heraldry of England''. Heraldry Today. Slough, Buckinghamshire: Hollen Street Press. ISBN 0-900455-25-X. |
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* [[Anne Somerset (historian)|Somerset, Anne]] (2012). ''Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion''. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-720376-5. |
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* Traub, Valerie (2002). ''The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England''. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 0-521-44427-6. |
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* Waller, Maureen (2006). ''Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England''. London: John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-6628-2. |
* Waller, Maureen (2006). ''Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England''. London: John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-6628-2. |
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* [[Adolphus William Ward|Ward, Adolphus W.]] (ed.) (1908). [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh.html ''The Cambridge Modern History. Volume V. The Age Of Louis XIV'']. Cambridge: University Press. |
* [[Adolphus William Ward|Ward, Adolphus W.]] (ed.) (1908). [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh.html ''The Cambridge Modern History. Volume V. The Age Of Louis XIV'']. Cambridge: University Press. |
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* [[Alison Weir|Weir, Alison]] (1995). ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition''. London: Random House. ISBN 0-7126-7448-9. |
* [[Alison Weir|Weir, Alison]] (1995). ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised Edition''. London: Random House. ISBN 0-7126-7448-9. |
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Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland | |
Reign | 8 March 1702 – 1 May 1707 |
Coronation | 23 April 1702 |
Predecessor | William III & II |
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Reign | 1 May 1707 – 1 August 1714 |
Successor | George I |
Born | St James's Palace, London | 6 February 1665
Died | 1 August 1714 Kensington Palace, London | (aged 49)
Burial | 24 August 1714 Westminster Abbey, London |
Spouse | Prince George of Denmark |
Issue more... | Prince William, Duke of Gloucester |
House | House of Stuart |
Father | James II & VII |
Mother | Anne Hyde |
Signature | ![]() |
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714[1]) ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Anne was born in the reign of her uncle Charles II, who had no surviving legitimate children. Her father, James, was first in line to the throne. His Catholicism was unpopular in England and on Charles's instructions Anne was raised as a Protestant. Three years after he succeeded Charles, James was deposed in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Anne's Protestant brother-in-law and cousin William III became joint monarch with his wife, Anne's elder sister Mary II. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After her death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until he was succeeded by Anne upon his death in 1702.
As queen, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until in 1710 Anne dismissed many of them from office. Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences.
Anne was plagued by ill-health throughout her life. From her 30s onwards, she grew increasingly lame and corpulent. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died without any surviving children and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover, who was a descendant of the Stuarts through his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth, daughter of James VI and I.
Early life
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Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of James, Duke of York (afterwards James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde.[2] Her father was the younger brother of King Charles II, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and her mother was the daughter of Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. At her Anglican baptism in the Chapel Royal at St James's, her older sister, Mary, was one of her godparents, along with the Duchess of Monmouth and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Gilbert Sheldon.[3] The Duke and Duchess of York had eight children, but Anne and Mary were the only ones to survive into adulthood.[4]
As a child, Anne suffered from an eye condition, which manifested as excessive watering known as "defluxion". For medical treatment, she was sent to France, where she lived with her paternal grandmother, Queen Henrietta Maria, at the Château de Colombes near Paris.[5] Following her grandmother's death in 1669, Anne lived with an aunt, Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orléans. On the sudden death of her aunt in 1670, Anne returned to England. Her mother died the following year.[6]
As was traditional in the royal family, Anne and her sister were brought up separated from their father in their own establishment at Richmond, London.[7] On the instructions of Charles II, they were raised as Protestants.[8] Placed in the care of Colonel Edward and Lady Frances Villiers,[9] their education was focused on the teachings of the Anglican church.[10] Henry Compton, Bishop of London, was appointed as Anne's preceptor.[11]
Around 1671, Anne first made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who later became her close friend and one of her most influential advisors.[12] Jennings married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough) in about 1678. His sister, Arabella Churchill, was the Duke of York's mistress, and he was to be Anne's most important general.[13]
In 1673, the Duke of York's conversion to Roman Catholicism became public, and he married a Catholic princess, Mary of Modena, who was only six and a half years older than Anne. Charles II had no surviving legitimate children, and so the Duke of York was next in the line of succession, followed by his two surviving daughters from his first marriage, Mary and Anne. Over the next ten years, the new Duchess of York had ten children, but all were either stillborn or died in infancy, leaving Mary and Anne second and third in the line of succession after their father.[14] Throughout Anne's early life, there is every indication that she and her stepmother got on well together,[15] and that the Duke of York was a conscientious and loving father.[16]
Marriage
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In November 1677, Anne's elder sister, Mary, married their Dutch cousin, William of Orange, but Anne could not attend the wedding because she was confined to her room with smallpox.[17] By the time she recovered, Mary had already left for her new life in the Netherlands. Lady Frances Villiers contracted the disease, and died. Anne's aunt Lady Henrietta Hyde (the wife of Laurence Hyde) was appointed as her new governess.[18] A year later, Anne and her stepmother visited Mary in Holland for two weeks.[19]
Anne's father and stepmother retired to Brussels in March 1679 in the wake of anti-Catholic hysteria fed by the Popish Plot, and Anne visited them from the end of August.[19] In October, they returned to Britain, the Duke and Duchess to Scotland and Anne to England.[20] She visited her father and stepmother at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh from July 1681 until May 1682.[21] It was her last journey outside England.[22]
Anne's second cousin George of Hanover (her eventual successor) visited London for three months from December 1680, sparking rumours of a potential marriage between them.[23] Historian Edward Gregg dismissed the rumours as ungrounded, as her father was essentially exiled from court, and the Hanoverians planned to marry George to his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle as part of a scheme to unite the Hanoverian inheritance.[24] Other rumours claimed she was courted by Lord Mulgrave (later made Duke of Buckingham), although he denied it. Nevertheless, as a result of the gossip, he was temporarily dismissed from court.[25]
With George of Hanover out of contention as a potential suitor for Anne, King Charles looked elsewhere for an eligible prince who would be welcomed as a groom by his Protestant subjects but also acceptable to his Catholic ally, Louis XIV of France.[26] The Danes were Protestant allies of the French, and Louis XIV was keen on an Anglo-Danish alliance to contain the power of the Dutch. A marriage treaty between Anne and Prince George of Denmark, younger brother of King Christian V, was negotiated by Anne's uncle Laurence Hyde, who had been made Earl of Rochester, and the English Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.[27] Anne's father consented to the marriage eagerly because it diminished the influence of his other son-in-law, William of Orange, who was naturally unhappy at the match.[28]
Bishop Compton officiated at the wedding of Anne and George of Denmark on 28 July 1683 in the Chapel Royal.[29] Though it was an arranged marriage, they were faithful and devoted partners.[30] They were given a set of buildings in the Palace of Whitehall known as the Cockpit as their London residence,[31] and Sarah Churchill was appointed one of Anne's ladies of the bedchamber.[32] Within months of the marriage, Anne was pregnant, but the baby was stillborn in May. Anne recovered at the spa town of Tunbridge Wells,[33] and over the next two years, she gave birth to two daughters in quick succession: Mary and Anne Sophia.[34]
Accession of James II and VII
When Charles II died in 1685, Anne's father became king as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland. To the consternation of the English people, James began to appoint Catholics to military and administrative offices, in contravention of the Test Acts that were designed to prevent such appointments.[35] Anne shared the general concern, and continued to attend Anglican services. As her sister Mary lived in the Netherlands, Anne and her family were the only members of the royal family attending Protestant religious services in England.[36] When her father tried to get Anne to baptise her youngest daughter into the Catholic faith, Anne burst into tears.[37] "The Church of Rome is wicked and dangerous", she wrote to her sister, "their ceremonies – most of them – plain downright idolatry."[38] Anne became estranged from her father and stepmother as James moved to weaken the Church of England's power.[39]
In early 1687, within a matter of days, Anne miscarried, her husband caught smallpox, and their two young daughters died of the same infection. Lady Rachel Russell wrote that George and Anne had "taken [the deaths] very heavily ... Sometimes they wept, sometimes they mourned in words; then sat silent, hand in hand; he sick in bed, and she the carefullest nurse to him that can be imagined."[40] Later that year, she suffered another stillbirth.[34]
Public alarm at James's Catholicism increased when his wife, Mary of Modena, became pregnant for the first time since James's accession.[41] In letters to her sister Mary, Anne raised suspicions that the Queen was faking her pregnancy in an attempt to introduce a false heir. She wrote, "they will stick at nothing, be it never so wicked, if it will promote their interest ... there may be foul play intended."[42] Anne suffered another miscarriage in April 1688, and left London to recuperate in the spa town of Bath.[43]
Anne's stepmother gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward, on 10 June 1688, and a Catholic succession became more likely.[44] Anne was still at Bath, so she did not witness the birth, which fed the belief that the child was spurious. Anne may have left the capital deliberately to avoid being present, or because she was genuinely ill,[45] but it is also possible that James desired the exclusion of all Protestants, including his daughter, from affairs of state.[46][47] "I shall never now be satisfied", Anne wrote to her sister Mary, "whether the child be true or false. It may be it is our brother, but God only knows ... one cannot help having a thousand fears and melancholy thoughts, but whatever changes may happen you shall ever find me firm to my religion and faithfully yours."[48]
To dispel rumours of a supposititious child, James had 40 witnesses to the birth attend a Privy Council meeting, but Anne claimed she could not attend because she was pregnant herself (which she was not)[49] and then declined to read the depositions because it was "not necessary".[50]
"Glorious Revolution"
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In what became known as the "Glorious Revolution", Anne's brother-in-law, William of Orange, invaded England on 5 November 1688 in an action that ultimately deposed King James. Forbidden by James to pay Mary a projected visit in the spring of 1687,[51] Anne corresponded with her and was aware of William's plans to invade.[52] On the advice of the Churchills,[47] she refused to side with James after William landed and instead wrote to her brother-in-law on 18 November declaring her approval of his action.[53] Churchill abandoned the unpopular king on the 24th. Prince George followed suit that night,[54] and in the evening of the following day James issued orders to place Sarah Churchill under house arrest at St James's Palace.[55] Anne and Sarah fled from Whitehall by a back staircase, and put themselves under the care of Bishop Compton, spending one night in his house, and subsequently arrived at Nottingham on 1 December.[56] Two weeks later, Anne arrived at Oxford, where she met Prince George in triumph, escorted by a large company.[57] "God help me!", lamented James on discovering the desertion of his daughter on 26 November, "Even my children have forsaken me."[58] On 19 December, Anne returned to London, where she was at once visited by her brother-in-law William, and James fled to France on the 23rd.[59] Anne showed no concern at the news of her father's flight, and instead merely asked for her usual game of cards. She justified herself by saying that "she was used to play and never loved to do anything that looked like an affected constraint."[60]
In January 1689, a Convention Parliament assembled in England and declared that James had effectively abdicated when he fled, and that the thrones of England and Ireland were therefore vacant. The Parliament or Estates of Scotland took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.[61] The Bill of Rights 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 settled the succession. Anne and her descendants were to be in the line of succession after William and Mary, and they were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.[62] On 24 July 1689, Anne gave birth to a son, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, who, though ill, survived infancy. As King William and Queen Mary had no children, it looked as though Anne's son would eventually inherit the Crown.[63]
William and Mary
Soon after their accession, William and Mary rewarded John Churchill by granting him the Earldom of Marlborough and Prince George was made Duke of Cumberland. Anne requested the use of Richmond Palace and a parliamentary allowance. William and Mary refused the first, and unsuccessfully opposed the latter, both of which caused tension between the two sisters.[64] Anne's resentment grew worse when William refused to allow Prince George to serve in the military in an active capacity.[65] From around this time,[66] at Anne's request she and Sarah Churchill, Lady Marlborough, began to call each other the pet names Mrs. Morley and Mrs. Freeman respectively, to mark their friendship.[67] In January 1692, suspecting that Marlborough was secretly conspiring with James's followers, the Jacobites, William and Mary dismissed him from all his offices. In a public show of support for the Marlboroughs, Anne took Sarah to a social event at the palace, and refused her sister's request to dismiss Sarah from her household.[68] Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the royal household by the Lord Chamberlain, and Anne angrily left her royal lodgings and took up residence at Syon House, the home of the Duke of Somerset.[69] Anne was stripped of her guard of honour; courtiers were forbidden to visit her, and civic authorities were instructed to ignore her.[70] In April, Anne gave birth to a son who died within minutes. Mary visited her, but instead of offering comfort took the opportunity to berate Anne once again for her friendship with Sarah. The sisters never saw each other again.[71] Later that year, Anne moved to Berkeley House in Picadilly, London, where she had a stillborn daughter in March 1693.[72]
When Mary died of smallpox in 1694, William continued to reign alone. Anne became his heir apparent, since any children he might have by another wife were assigned to a lower place in the line of succession, and the two reconciled publicly. He restored her previous honours, allowed her to reside in St James's Palace,[73] and gave her Mary's jewels,[74] but excluded her from government and refrained from appointing her regent during his absences abroad.[75] Three months later, William restored Marlborough to his offices.[76] With Anne's restoration at court, Berkeley House became a social centre for courtiers who had previously avoided contact with Anne and her husband.[77]
According to James, Anne wrote to him in 1696 requesting his permission to succeed William, and thereafter promising to restore the Crown to James's line at a convenient opportunity; he declined to give his consent.[78] She was probably trying to ensure her own succession by attempting to prevent a direct claim by James.[79]
Act of Settlement
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Anne's final pregnancy ended on 25 January 1700, when she miscarried a stillborn son. She had been pregnant at least seventeen times over as many years, and had miscarried or given birth to stillborn children at least twelve times. Of her five liveborn children, four died before reaching the age of two.[80] Anne suffered from bouts of "gout", pains in her limbs and eventually stomach and head, from at least 1698.[81] Based on her foetal losses and physical symptoms, she may have had disseminated lupus erythematosus,[82] or Hughes syndrome.[83] Alternatively, pelvic inflammatory disease could explain why the onset of her symptoms roughly coincided with her penultimate pregnancy.[82][84] Other suggested causes of her failed pregnancies are listeriosis,[85] diabetes, intrauterine growth retardation, and rhesus incompatibility.[86] Rhesus incompatibility, however, generally worsens with successive pregnancies, and so does not fit with the pattern of Anne's pregnancies, as her only son to survive infancy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, was born after a series of stillbirths.[87] Experts also rule out syphilis, porphyria and pelvic deformation as incompatible with her medical history.[82][88]
Anne's gout rendered her lame for much of her later life.[89] Around the court, she was carried in a sedan chair, or used a wheelchair.[90] Around her estates, she used a one-horse chaise, which she drove herself "furiously like Jehu and a mighty hunter like Nimrod".[91] She gained weight as a result of her sedentary lifestyle; in Sarah's words, "she grew exceeding gross and corpulent. There was something of majesty in her look, but mixed with a gloominess of soul".[92] Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet, described her in 1706 "under a fit of the gout and in extreme pain and agony, and on this occasion everything about her was much in the same disorder as about the meanest of her subjects. Her face, which was red and spotted, was rendered something frightful by her negligent dress, and the foot affected was tied up with a poultice and some nasty bandages. I was much affected by this sight ..."[93]
Anne's sole surviving child, the Duke of Gloucester, died at the age of eleven on 30 July 1700. She and her husband were "overwhelmed with grief".[94] Anne ordered her household to observe a day of mourning every year on the anniversary of his death.[95] With William childless and Gloucester dead, Anne was the only individual remaining in the line of succession established by the Bill of Rights 1689. To address the succession crisis and preclude a Catholic restoration, the Parliament of England enacted the Act of Settlement 1701, which provided that, failing the issue of Anne and of William III by any future marriage, the Crown of England and Ireland would go to Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and her Protestant descendants. Sophia was the granddaughter of James VI and I through his daughter Elizabeth, who was the sister of Anne's grandfather Charles I. Over fifty Catholic claimants more closely related to Anne were excluded from the line of succession.[96] Anne's father died in September 1701. His widow, Anne's stepmother, the former queen, wrote to Anne to inform her that her father forgave her and to remind her of her promise to seek the restoration of his line. Anne, however, had already acquiesced to the new line of succession created by the Act of Settlement.[97]
Reign
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Anne became queen upon the death of William III on 8 March 1702, and was immediately popular.[98] In her first speech to the English Parliament, on 11 March, she distanced herself from her late Dutch brother-in-law and said, "As I know my heart to be entirely English, I can very sincerely assure you there is not anything you can expect or desire from me which I shall not be ready to do for the happiness and prosperity of England."[99]
Soon after her accession, Anne appointed her husband Lord High Admiral, giving him nominal control of the Royal Navy.[100] Anne gave control of the army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed Captain-General.[101] Marlborough also received numerous honours from the Queen; he was created a Knight of the Garter and was elevated to the rank of duke. The Duchess of Marlborough was appointed Groom of the Stole, Mistress of the Robes, and Keeper of the Privy Purse.[102]
Anne was crowned on St George's Day, 23 April 1702.[103] Afflicted with gout, she was carried to Westminster Abbey in an open sedan chair, with a low back to permit her train to flow out behind her.[104] On 4 May, England became embroiled in the War of the Spanish Succession, in which England, Austria and Holland fought against France and Spain.[105] Charles II of Spain had died childless in 1700, and the succession was disputed by two claimants: the Habsburg Archduke Charles of Austria and the Bourbon Philip, Duke of Anjou.[106]
Act of Union
The Act of Settlement 1701, passed by the English Parliament, applied in England and Ireland but not Scotland, where a strong minority wished to preserve the Stuart dynasty and its right of inheritance to the throne.[107] Anne had declared it "very necessary" to conclude a union of England and Scotland in her first speech to the English Parliament,[108] and a joint Anglo-Scots commission met at her former residence the Cockpit to discuss terms in October 1702. The negotiations broke up in early February 1703 having failed to reach an agreement.[109][110] The Estates of Scotland responded to the Act of Settlement by passing the Act of Security, which gave the Estates the power, if the Queen had no further children, to choose the next Scottish monarch from among the Protestant descendants of the royal line of Scotland.[111] The individual chosen by the Estates could not be the same person who came to the English throne, unless England granted full freedom of trade to Scottish merchants.[112] At first, Anne withheld royal assent to the act, but granted it the following year when the Estates threatened to withhold supply, endangering Scottish support for England's wars.[113]
In its turn, the English Parliament responded with the Alien Act 1705, which threatened to impose economic sanctions and declare Scottish subjects aliens in England, unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security or moved to unite with England.[114] The Estates chose the latter option; the English Parliament agreed to repeal the Alien Act,[115] and new commissioners were appointed by Queen Anne in early 1706 to negotiate the terms of a union.[116] The articles of union approved by the commissioners were presented to Anne on 23 July 1706,[117] and ratified by the Scottish and English Parliaments on 16 January and 6 March 1707 respectively.[118] Under the Acts of Union, England and Scotland were united into a single kingdom called Great Britain, with one parliament, on 1 May 1707.[119] Anne, a consistent and ardent supporter of union despite opposition on both sides of the border, attended a thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral. The Scot Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet, who also attended, wrote, "nobody on this occasion appeared more sincerely devout and thankful than the Queen herself".[120]
Two-party politics
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Anne's reign was marked by the further development of a two-party system. In general, the Tories were supportive of the Anglican church and favoured the "landed interest" of the country gentry, while the Whigs were aligned with commercial interests and Protestant Dissenters. As a committed Anglican, Anne was inclined to favour the Tories.[121] Her first ministry was predominantly Tory, and contained such High Tories as Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, and her uncle Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester.[122] It was headed by Lord Treasurer Lord Godolphin and Anne's favourite the Duke of Marlborough, who were considered moderate Tories, along with the Speaker of the House of Commons, Robert Harley.[123]
Anne supported the Occasional Conformity Bill of 1702, which was promoted by the Tories and opposed by the Whigs. The bill aimed to disqualify Protestant Dissenters from public office by closing a loophole in the Test Acts, legislation that restricted public office to Anglican conformists. The existing law permitted nonconformists to take office if they took Anglican communion once a year. Anne's husband was placed in an unfortunate position when Anne forced him to vote for the bill, even though, being a Lutheran, he was an occasional conformist himself. The Whigs successfully blocked the bill for the duration of the parliamentary session.[124] Anne reinstituted the traditional religious practice of touching for the king's evil that had been eschewed by William as papist superstition.[125] After the Great Storm of 1703, Anne declared a general fast to implore God "to pardon the crying sins of this nation which had drawn down this sad judgement".[126] The Occasional Conformity Bill was revived in the wake of the storm,[127] but Anne withheld support, fearing its reintroduction was a ruse to cause a political quarrel. Once again it failed.[128] A third attempt to introduce the bill as an amendment to a money bill in November 1704 was also thwarted.[129]
The Whigs vigorously supported the War of the Spanish Succession and became even more influential after the Duke of Marlborough won a great victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. Many of the High Tories, who opposed British involvement in the land war against France, were removed from office.[130] Godolphin, Marlborough, and Harley, who had replaced Nottingham as Secretary of State for the Northern Department, formed a ruling "triumvirate".[131] They were forced to rely more and more on support from the Whigs, and particularly from the Whig Junto—Lords Somers, Halifax, Orford, Wharton and Sunderland—whom Anne disliked.[132] Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough, incessantly badgered the Queen to appoint more Whigs and reduce the power of the Tories, whom she considered little better than Jacobites, and the Queen became increasingly discontented with her.[133]
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In 1706, Godolphin and the Marlboroughs forced Anne to accept Lord Sunderland, a Junto Whig and the Marlboroughs' son-in-law, as Harley's colleague as Secretary of State for the Southern Department.[134] Although this strengthened the ministry's position in Parliament, it weakened the ministry's position with the Queen, as Anne became increasingly irritated with Godolphin and with her former favourite, the Duchess of Marlborough, for supporting Sunderland and other Whig candidates for vacant government and church positions.[135] The Queen turned for private advice to Harley, who was uncomfortable with Marlborough and Godolphin's turn towards the Whigs. She also turned to Abigail Hill, a woman of the bedchamber who became more amenable to Anne as her relationship with Sarah deteriorated.[136] Abigail was related to both Harley and the Duchess, but was politically closer to Harley, and acted as an intermediary between him and the Queen.[137]
The division within the ministry came to a head on 8 February 1708, when Godolphin and the Marlboroughs insisted that the Queen had to either dismiss Harley or do without their services. When the Queen seemed to hesitate, Marlborough and Godolphin refused to attend a cabinet meeting. Harley attempted to lead business without his former colleagues, and several of those present including the Duke of Somerset refused to participate until they returned.[138] Her hand forced, the Queen dismissed Harley.[139]
The following month, Anne's Catholic half-brother, James Francis Edward Stuart, attempted to land in Scotland with French assistance in an attempt to establish himself as king.[140] Anne withheld royal assent from the Scottish Militia Bill 1708 in case the militia raised in Scotland was disloyal and sided with the Jacobites.[141] She was the last British sovereign to veto a parliamentary bill, although her action was barely commented upon at the time.[142] The invasion fleet never landed and was chased away by British ships commanded by Sir George Byng.[143] As a result of the Jacobite invasion scare, support for the Tories fell and the Whigs were able to secure a majority in the British general election, 1708.[144]
The Duchess of Marlborough was angered when Abigail moved into rooms at Kensington Palace that Sarah considered her own, though she rarely if ever used them.[145] In July 1708, she came to court with a bawdy poem written by a Whig propagandist, probably Arthur Maynwaring,[146] that implied a lesbian relationship between Anne and Abigail.[147] The Duchess wrote to Anne telling her she had damaged her reputation by conceiving "a great passion for such a woman ... strange and unaccountable".[148] Sarah thought Abigail had risen above her station, writing "I never thought her education was such as to make her fit company for a great queen. Many people have liked the humour of their chambermaids and have been very kind to them, but 'tis very uncommon to hold a private correspondence with them and put them upon the foot of a friend."[149] While some modern commentators have concluded Anne was a lesbian,[150] most have rejected this analysis.[151] In the opinion of Anne's biographers, she considered Abigail nothing more than a trusted servant,[152] and was a woman of strong traditional beliefs, who was devoted to her husband.[153]
At a thanksgiving service for a victory at the Battle of Oudenarde, Anne did not wear the jewels that Sarah had selected for her. At the door of St Paul's Cathedral, they had an argument that culminated in Sarah offending the Queen by telling her to be quiet.[154] Anne was dismayed.[155] When Sarah forwarded an unrelated letter from her husband to Anne, with a covering note continuing the argument, Anne wrote back pointedly, "After the commands you gave me on the thanksgiving day of not answering you, I should not have troubled you with these lines, but to return the Duke of Marlborough's letter safe into your hands, and for the same reason do not say anything to that, nor to yours which enclosed it."[156]
Death of her husband
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Anne was devastated by her husband's death in October 1708,[157] and the event proved a turning point in her relationship with the Duchess of Marlborough. The Duchess arrived at Kensington Palace shortly before George died, and after his death insisted that Anne leave Kensington for St James's Palace against her wishes.[158] Anne resented the Duchess's intrusive actions, which included removing a portrait of George from the Queen's bedchamber and then refusing to return it in the belief that it was natural "to avoid seeing of papers or anything that belonged to one that one loved when they were just dead".[159]
The Whigs used George's death to their own advantage. The leadership of the Admiralty was unpopular among the Whig leaders, who had blamed Prince George and his deputy George Churchill (who was Marlborough's brother) for mismanagement of the navy.[160] With Whigs now dominant in Parliament, and Anne distraught at the loss of her husband, they forced her to accept the Junto leaders Lords Somers and Wharton into the cabinet. Anne, however, insisted on carrying out the duties of Lord High Admiral herself, without appointing a member of the government to take George's place. Undeterred, the Junto demanded the appointment of the Earl of Orford, another member of the Junto and one of Prince George's leading critics, as First Lord of the Admiralty. Anne appointed the moderate Earl of Pembroke, on 29 November 1708. Pressure mounted on Pembroke, Godolphin and the Queen from the dissatisfied Junto Whigs, and Pembroke resigned after less than a year in office. Another month of arguments followed before the Queen finally consented to put Orford in control of the Admiralty as First Lord in November 1709.[161]
Sarah continued to berate Anne for her friendship with Abigail, and in October 1709, Anne wrote to the Duke of Marlborough asking that his wife "leave off teasing & tormenting me & behave herself with the decency she ought both to her friend and Queen".[162] On Maundy Thursday 6 April 1710, Anne and Sarah saw each other for the last time. According to Sarah, the Queen was taciturn and formal, repeating the same phrases—"Whatever you have to say you may put in writing" and "You said you desired no answer, and I shall give you none"—over and over.[163]
War of the Spanish Succession
As the expensive War of the Spanish Succession grew unpopular, so did the Whig administration.[164] The impeachment of Henry Sacheverell, a High Church Tory Anglican who had preached anti-Whig sermons, led to further public discontent. Anne thought Sacheverell ought to be punished for questioning the "Glorious Revolution", but that his punishment should only be a mild one to prevent further public commotion.[165] In London, riots broke out in support of Sacheverell, but the only troops available to quell the disturbances were Anne's guards, and Secretary of State Sunderland was reluctant to use them and leave the Queen less protected. Anne declared God would be her guard and ordered Sunderland to redeploy her troops.[166] In line with Anne's views, Sacheverell was convicted, but his sentence—suspension of preaching for three years—was so light as to render the trial a mockery.[166]
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The Queen, increasingly disdainful of the Marlboroughs and her ministry, finally took the opportunity to dismiss Sunderland in June 1710.[167] Godolphin followed in August. The Junto Whigs were removed from office, although Marlborough, for the moment, remained as commander of the army. In their place, she appointed a new ministry, headed by Harley, which began to seek peace with France. Unlike the Whigs, Harley and his ministry were ready to compromise by giving Spain to the Bourbon claimant, Philip of Anjou, in return for commercial concessions.[168] In the parliamentary elections that soon followed his appointment, Harley, aided by government patronage, secured a large Tory majority.[169] In January 1711, Anne forced Sarah to resign her court offices, and Abigail took over as Keeper of the Privy Purse.[170] Harley was stabbed by a disgruntled French refugee, the Marquis de Guiscard, in March, and Anne wept at the thought he would die. He recovered slowly.[171] Godolphin's death from natural causes in September 1712 reduced Anne to tears; she blamed their estrangement on the Marlboroughs.[172]
The elder brother of Archduke Charles, Emperor Joseph I, died in April 1711 and Charles succeeded him in Austria, Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire. To give him also the Spanish throne was no longer in Britain's interests, but the proposed Peace of Utrecht submitted to Parliament for ratification did not go as far as the Whigs wanted to curb Bourbon ambitions.[173] In the House of Commons, the Tory majority was unassailable, but the same was not true in the House of Lords. The Whigs secured the support of the Earl of Nottingham against the treaty by promising to support his Occasional Conformity bill.[174] Seeing a need for decisive action to erase the anti-peace majority in the House of Lords, and seeing no alternative, Anne reluctantly created twelve new peers.[175] Abigail's husband, Samuel Masham, was made a baron, although Anne protested to Harley that "she never had any design to make a great lady of [Abigail], and should lose a useful servant".[176] Such a mass creation of peers was unprecedented.[177] On the same day, Marlborough was dismissed as commander of the army.[178] The peace treaty was ratified and Britain's military involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession ended.[179]
By signing the Treaty of Utrecht, King Louis XIV of France recognised the Hanoverian succession in Britain.[180] Nevertheless, gossip that Anne and her ministers favoured the succession of her half-brother rather than the Hanoverians continued, despite Anne's denials in public and in private.[181] The rumours were fed by her consistent refusals to permit any of the Hanoverians to visit or move to England,[182] and by the intrigues of Harley and the Tory Secretary of State Lord Bolingbroke, who were in separate and secret discussions with her half-brother about a possible Stuart restoration until early 1714.[183]
Death
Anne was unable to walk between January and July 1713.[184] At Christmas, she was feverish, and lay unconscious for hours,[185] which led to rumours of her impending death.[186] She recovered, but was seriously ill again in March.[187] By July, Anne had lost confidence in Harley, saying "that he neglected all business; that he was seldom to be understood; that when he did explain himself, she could not depend upon the truth of what he said; that he never came to her at the time she appointed; that he often came drunk; [and] last, to crown all, he behaved himself towards her with ill manner, indecency and disrespect."[188] On 27 July 1714, during Parliament's summer recess, she dismissed Harley as Lord Treasurer.[189] Despite failing health, which her doctors blamed on the emotional strain of matters of state, she attended two late-night cabinet meetings that failed to determine Harley's successor. A third meeting was cancelled when she became too ill to attend.[190] She was rendered unable to speak by a stroke on 30 July 1714, the anniversary of Gloucester's death, and on the advice of the Privy Council handed the treasurer's staff of office to Whig grandee Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury.[191] She died of suppressed gout, ending in erysipelas, at around 7:30 a.m. on 1 August 1714.[192] John Arbuthnot, one of her doctors, thought her death was a release from a life of ill-health and tragedy; he wrote to Jonathan Swift, "I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her."[193]
Anne was buried beside her husband and children in the Henry VII chapel on the South Aisle of Westminster Abbey on 24 August.[194] The Electress Sophia had died on 28 May,[195] two months before Anne, so the Electress's son, George, Elector of Hanover, inherited the British Crown pursuant to the Act of Settlement 1701. The possible Catholic claimants, including Anne's half-brother, were ignored. The Elector's accession was relatively stable: a Jacobite rising in 1715 failed.[196] Marlborough was re-instated,[197] and the Tory ministers were replaced by Whigs.[198]
Legacy
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The Duchess of Marlborough "unduly disparaged" Anne in her memoirs,[47] and her prejudiced recollections persuaded many biographers that Anne was "a weak, irresolute woman beset by bedchamber quarrels and deciding high policy on the basis of personalities".[200] The Duchess wrote of Anne:
She certainly meant well and was not a fool, but nobody can maintain that she was wise, nor entertaining in conversation. She was ignorant in everything but what the parsons had taught her when a child … Being very ignorant, very fearful, with very little judgement, it is easy to be seen she might mean well, being surrounded with so many artful people, who at last compassed their designs to her dishonour.[201]
In the opinion of historians, traditional assessments of Anne as fat, constantly pregnant, under the influence of favourites, and lacking political astuteness or interest may derive from male chauvinist prejudices against women.[202] Author David Green noted, "Hers was not, as used to be supposed, petticoat government. She had considerable power; yet time and time again she had to capitulate."[203] Professor Edward Gregg concluded that Anne was often able to impose her will, even though, as a woman in an age of male dominance and preoccupied by her health, her reign was marked by an increase in the influence of ministers and a decrease in the influence of the Crown.[204] She attended more cabinet meetings than any of her predecessors or successors,[205] and presided over an age of artistic, literary, economic and political advancement that was made possible by the stability and prosperity of her reign.[206] In architecture, Sir John Vanbrugh constructed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.[207] Writers such as Daniel Defoe, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift flourished.[208] Henry Wise laid out new gardens at Blenheim, Kensington, Windsor and St James's.[209] The union of England and Scotland, which Anne had fervently supported,[210] created Europe's largest free trade area.[211] The political and diplomatic achievements of Anne's governments, and the absence of constitutional conflict between monarch and parliament during her reign, indicate that she chose ministers and exercised her prerogatives wisely.[212]
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Royal styles of Queen Anne of Great Britain | |
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Reference style | Her Majesty |
Spoken style | Your Majesty |
Alternative style | Madam[213] |
Titles and styles
- 6 February 1665 – 28 July 1683: Her Highness The Lady Anne[214]
- 28 July 1683 – 8 March 1702: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne of Denmark[215]
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714: Her Majesty The Queen
The official style of Anne before 1707 was "Anne, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." In line with other monarchs of England between 1340 and 1800, Anne was styled "of France", but did not actually reign in France. After the union, her style was "Anne, by the Grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc."
Arms
As queen regnant, Anne's coat of arms before the union were the Stuart royal arms, in use since 1603: Quarterly; I and IV grandquarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lis Or (for France) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England); II, Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland). In 1702, Anne adopted the motto semper eadem ("always the same"), the same motto used by Queen Elizabeth I.[216]
The Acts of Union declared that: "the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint".[217] In 1707, the union was heraldically expressed by the impalement, or placing side-by-side in the same quarter, of the arms of England and Scotland, which had previously been in different quarters. The new arms were: Quarterly; I and IV, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England) impaling Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland); II, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or (for France); III, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland).[216] In Scotland, a separate form of arms was used on seals until the Act of Union.[218]
Pregnancies
Child | Birth | Death | Burial | Notes |
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Stillborn daughter | 12 May 1684 London[219] |
13 May 1684 Westminster Abbey[220] |
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Mary | 2 June 1685 Palace of Whitehall |
8 February 1687 Windsor Castle[34] |
10 February 1687 Westminster Abbey[221][222] | Christened 2 June 1685 by the Bishop of London;[223] styled "the Lady Mary".[222] Died of smallpox, Mary, Anne Sophia (Mary's younger sister), and their father all becoming ill at Windsor Castle in early 1687.[40] |
Anne Sophia | 12 May 1686 Windsor Castle |
2 February 1687 Windsor Castle[34] or Whitehall[224] |
4 February 1687 Westminster Abbey[225][222] | Christened by the Bishop of Durham, with Lady Churchill one of the godmothers;[223] styled "the Lady Anne Sophia".[222] |
Miscarriage | 21 January 1687[226] | |||
Stillborn son | 22 October 1687 Whitehall[227] |
22 October 1687 Westminster Abbey[228] | Anne gave birth at seven months, but the baby "lay dead a full month within her".[227] | |
Miscarriage | 16 April 1688[229] | |||
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester | 24 July 1689 Hampton Court Palace |
30 July 1700 Windsor Castle[230] |
9 August 1700 Westminster Abbey[231] | |
Mary | 14 October 1690 St James's Palace |
14 October 1690 Westminster Abbey[232] | She was two months premature,[233] and lived about two hours.[234] | |
George | 17 April 1692 Syon House |
18 April 1692 Westminster Abbey[235] | He lived a few minutes,[236] just long enough to be baptised;[237] styled "Lord George".[235] | |
Stillborn daughter | 23 March 1693 Berkeley House[238] |
24 March 1693 Westminster Abbey[239] | ||
Stillbirth | 21 January 1694 | Contemporary chronicler Narcissus Luttrell did not specify a gender, saying only that Anne "miscarried of a dead child".[240] Modern historians Edward Gregg and Alison Weir do not agree on whether it was a son[241] or possibly a daughter.[242] | ||
Miscarried daughter[243] | 17[244] or 18[245] February 1696 | |||
Miscarriage | 20 September 1696[245] | Luttrell said Anne "miscarried of a son".[246] Dr Nathaniel Johnson told Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon, in a letter dated 24 October 1696, "Her Royal Highness miscarried of two children, the one of seven months' growth, the other of two or three months, as her physicians and midwife judged: one was born the day after the other."[247] If so, the smaller foetus was probably a blighted twin or fetus papyraceous.[82][248] | ||
Miscarriage | 25 March 1697[249] | |||
Miscarriage | early December 1697[250] | According to Saunière de L'Hermitage, the Dutch resident in London, Anne miscarried twins who were "too early to determine their sex".[251] Other sources say the pregnancy ended in a stillborn son,[242] or "two male children, at least as far as could be recognised".[252] | ||
Stillborn son | 15 September 1698 Windsor Castle[253] |
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle[242] | James Vernon wrote to Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, that Anne's physician thought the foetus "might have been dead 8 or 10 days".[251] | |
Stillborn son | 24 January 1700 St James's[254] |
Westminster Abbey[242] | Contemporary sources say Anne gave birth at seven and a half months, after the foetus had been dead for a month.[255] |
Family tree
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See also
Notes
- ^ All dates in this article are in the Old Style Julian calendar used in Great Britain throughout Anne's lifetime; however, years are assumed to start on 1 January rather than 25 March, which was the English New Year.
- ^ Curtis, pp. 12–17; Gregg, p. 4
- ^ Gregg, p. 4
- ^ Green, p. 17; Gregg, p. 6; Waller, pp. 293–295
- ^ Curtis, pp. 19–21; Green, p. 20; Gregg, p. 6
- ^ Curtis, pp. 21–23; Gregg, p. 8; Somerset, pp. 11–13; Waller, p. 295
- ^ Gregg, p. 5
- ^ Curtis, pp. 23–24; Gregg, p. 13; Somerset, p. 20
- ^ Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 5
- ^ Curtis, p. 28; Gregg, p. 13; Waller, p. 296
- ^ Somerset, p. 20
- ^ Curtis, p. 27; Green, p. 21; Gregg, p. 28
- ^ Curtis, p. 34; Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 28
- ^ Weir, pp. 260–261
- ^ Somerset, pp. 22–23
- ^ Somerset, pp. 8–9
- ^ Curtis, p. 30; Green, p. 27; Gregg, p. 17
- ^ Green, p. 28; Gregg, p. 17; Somerset, p. 29
- ^ a b Green, p. 28: Gregg, p. 20
- ^ Green, p. 29; Gregg, p. 22; Somerset, p. 34
- ^ Green, p. 32; Gregg, p. 26; Somerset, p. 35
- ^ Green, p. 28
- ^ Curtis, pp. 35–37; Green, p. 31; Gregg, p. 24; Somerset, pp. 34, 36
- ^ Gregg, p. 24–25
- ^ Curtis, p. 37; Green, pp. 32–33; Gregg, p. 27; Somerset, p. 37
- ^ Somerset, p. 40
- ^ Gregg, p. 32
- ^ Gregg, p. 33; Somerset, pp. 41 42
- ^ Gregg, pp. 33–34; Somerset, p. 43
- ^ Curtis, pp. 41–42; Green, pp. 34–35; Gregg, pp. 32–35; Somerset, p. 44
- ^ Curtis, p. 42; Green, p. 34; Gregg, p. 35; Somerset, pp. 41, 44
- ^ Curtis, p. 43; Green, p. 36; Gregg, p. 34; Somerset, p. 49
- ^ Gregg, p. 36; Somerset, p. 56
- ^ a b c d Weir, p. 268
- ^ Somerset, pp. 61, 64
- ^ Waller, p. 300
- ^ Green, p. 38
- ^ Quoted in Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 43 and Somerset, p. 21
- ^ Somerset, pp. 65, 74–77
- ^ a b Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47; Waller, p. 301
- ^ Curtis, p. 55; Gregg, p. 52; Somerset, pp. 80–82
- ^ Letter dated 14 March 1688, quoted in Gregg, p. 54 and Waller, p. 303
- ^ Somerset, pp. 86–87; Waller, pp. 303–304
- ^ Ward, pp. 241–242
- ^ Waller, p. 304
- ^ Nenner, p. 243
- ^ a b c Yorke, Philip Chesney (1911). "Anne (1665–1714)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge: University Press.
- ^ Quoted in Green, p. 43
- ^ Somerset, p. 95
- ^ Gregg, pp. 62–63; Waller, p. 305
- ^ Green, p. 39; Gregg, p. 47; Somerset, p. 74
- ^ Gregg, p. 60
- ^ Green, p. 47; Gregg, p. 63
- ^ Gregg, p. 64
- ^ Gregg, p. 65
- ^ Gregg, pp. 65–66
- ^ Green, pp. 45–47; Gregg, p. 67
- ^ Gregg, p. 66
- ^ Gregg, p. 68; Somerset, p. 105
- ^ Lord Clarendon's diary, quoted in Green, p. 49
- ^ Ward, pp. 250–251, 291–292
- ^ Green, p. 52; Gregg, p. 69
- ^ Curtis, p. 72; Green, pp. 54–55
- ^ Green, pp. 53–54; Gregg, pp. 76–79
- ^ Curtis, pp. 75–76; Green, p. 58; Gregg, p. 80
- ^ Somerset, p. 54
- ^ Curtis, p. 44; Green, p. 37; Waller, p. 299
- ^ Curtis, pp. 78–80; Green, pp. 59–60; Gregg, pp. 84–87; Somerset, pp. 130–132
- ^ Green, p. 62; Gregg, p. 87; Somerset, p. 132
- ^ Green, p. 62; Gregg, pp. 88–91, 96
- ^ Curtis, p. 81; Green, pp. 62–63; Gregg, p. 90; Somerset, pp. 134–135
- ^ Somerset, p. 146
- ^ Curtis, p. 84; Green, pp. 66–67; Gregg, pp. 102–103
- ^ Somerset, p. 149
- ^ Gregg, pp. 105–106; Somerset, pp. 151–152
- ^ Gregg, p. 104
- ^ Somerset, p. 151
- ^ Gregg, p. 108; Somerset, pp. 153–154
- ^ Gregg, p. 122
- ^ Green, p. 335; Gregg, pp. 100, 120; Weir, pp. 268–269
- ^ Green, pp. 79, 336
- ^ a b c d Emson, H. E. (23 May 1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne", British Medical Journal, vol. 304, no. 6838, pp. 1365–1366 (subscription required)
- ^ Somerset, pp. 80, 295
- ^ Green, p. 338
- ^ Saxbe, W. B., Jr. (January 1972). "Listeria monocytogenes and Queen Anne", Pediatrics, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 97–101
- ^ Waller, p. 310
- ^ Green, pp. 337–338; Somerset, p. 79; Waller, pp. 310–311
- ^ Curtis, pp. 47–49; Green, pp. 337–338
- ^ Curtis, p. 84
- ^ Gregg, p. 330
- ^ Jonathan Swift quoted in Green, pp. 101–102 and Gregg, p. 343
- ^ Green, p. 154
- ^ Curtis, p. 146; Green, pp. 154–155; Gregg, p. 231
- ^ Luttrell, vol. IV, p. 675; Somerset, p. 163
- ^ Green, p. 80
- ^ Somerset, p. 165
- ^ Green, pp. 86–87; Waller, p. 312
- ^ Green, p. 90; Waller, p. 312
- ^ Green, p. 91; Waller, p. 313
- ^ Green, p. 94; Gregg, p. 160
- ^ Green, p. 94; Somerset, p. 174; Waller, p. 315; Ward, p. 460
- ^ Green, p. 95; Waller, p. 314
- ^ Curtis, p. 97; Green, pp. 95–96; Gregg, p. 154; Somerset, p. 187
- ^ Curtis, p. 97; Green, p. 96
- ^ Green, p. 97; Gregg, p. 158
- ^ Curtis, p. 101; Green, pp. 85–86; Gregg, p. 125
- ^ Gregg, pp. 130–131
- ^ Somerset, p. 212
- ^ Somerset, p. 214
- ^ "Negotiations for Union 1702–03". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ Curtis, p. 145; Somerset, p. 257
- ^ Green, p. 133
- ^ Somerset, pp. 269–270
- ^ Green, p. 134; Somerset, pp. 277–278
- ^ Somerset, p. 296
- ^ Gregg, pp. 202, 214
- ^ Somerset, p. 297
- ^ Gregg, p. 239; Somerset, pp. 315–316
- ^ Gregg, p. 240
- ^ Clerk's memoirs, quoted in Gregg, p. 240 and Somerset, pp. 316–317
- ^ Curtis, pp. 102–104; Gregg, pp. 133–134; Somerset, pp. 189–199
- ^ Somerset, pp. 201–203; Waller, p. 318
- ^ Gregg, p. 135
- ^ Curtis, p. 107; Green, pp. 108–109; Gregg, pp. 162–163
- ^ Green, p. 105; Somerset, p. 226; Waller, pp. 316–317
- ^ Green, p. 121
- ^ Green, p. 122
- ^ Curtis, p. 116; Green, p. 122; Gregg, p. 177
- ^ Gregg, pp. 192–194; Somerset, pp. 275–276
- ^ Gregg, p. 196
- ^ Green, p. 129
- ^ Curtis, pp. 134, 138–139; Green, pp. 117, 155, 172; Gregg, pp. 134, 218–219
- ^ Gregg, pp. 174–175, 188–193; Somerset, pp. 245–246, 258, 272–274
- ^ Green, p. 155; Gregg, pp. 219–230; Somerset, pp. 301–311
- ^ Green, p. 156; Gregg, pp. 230–231, 241–246; Somerset, pp. 318–321
- ^ Curtis, p. 152; Green, pp. 166–168; Waller, p. 324
- ^ Gregg, p. 236–237; Somerset, p. 324
- ^ Green, pp. 182–183; Gregg, pp. 258–259; Somerset, pp. 340–341
- ^ Green, p. 183; Gregg, p. 259; Somerset, p. 341
- ^ Curtis, p. 157; Green, p. 186; Gregg, pp. 261–262; Somerset, p. 343
- ^ Curtis, p. 157
- ^ Curtis, p. 157; Gregg, p. 144
- ^ Curtis, p. 158; Green, p. 186; Gregg, p. 262; Somerset, p. 345
- ^ Gregg, p. 263
- ^ Gregg, pp. 273–274; Somerset, pp. 347–348
- ^ Gregg, p. 275; Somerset, p. 361
- ^ Gregg, pp. 275–276; Somerset, pp. 360–361; Waller, pp. 324–325
- ^ Gregg, pp. 275–276; Somerset, p. 362; Waller, pp. 324–325
- ^ Somerset, pp. 353–354
- ^ e.g. Kendall, pp. 165–176
- ^ Professor Valerie Traub writes, "Although this scandal features prominently in biographies of the Queen, the charges generally are dismissed as the hysterical vindictiveness of a power-hungry Duchess" (Traub, p. 157).
- ^ Gregg, p. 237; Somerset, p. 363
- ^ Somerset, pp. 363–364
- ^ Curtis, pp. 162–163; Green, pp. 195–196; Gregg, p. 276; Somerset, pp. 364–365
- ^ Curtis, pp. 163–164; Green, p. 196; Gregg, p. 277; Somerset, p. 365
- ^ Curtis, pp. 163–164; Green, p. 196; Gregg, p. 277
- ^ Curtis, pp. 165–168; Green, p. 198; Gregg, p. 280; Somerset, pp. 372–374
- ^ Green, p. 199; Somerset, p. 370
- ^ Green, p. 202
- ^ Green, pp. 175–176; Gregg, pp. 254, 266
- ^ Gregg, p. 284
- ^ Green, pp. 210–214; Gregg, pp. 292–294; Somerset, pp. 389–390; Waller, p. 325
- ^ Curtis, p. 173; Green, pp. 307–308; Gregg, pp. 221–222
- ^ Gregg, p. 298
- ^ Green, pp. 217–218; Gregg, pp. 305–306
- ^ a b Green, p. 220; Gregg, p. 306; Somerset, pp. 403–404
- ^ Curtis, p. 176; Gregg, pp. 313–314; Somerset, pp. 414–415
- ^ Gregg, p. 335
- ^ Gregg, pp. 322–324
- ^ Green, pp. 238–241; Gregg, pp. 328–331; Somerset, pp. 435–437
- ^ Green, p. 244; Gregg, p. 337; Somerset, pp. 439–440
- ^ Green, p. 274
- ^ Gregg, pp. 337–343
- ^ Curtis, p. 189; Green, p. 258; Gregg, p. 343; Somerset, pp. 458–460
- ^ Curtis, p. 190; Green, p. 263; Gregg, pp. 349–351; Somerset, pp. 463–465
- ^ Gregg, pp. 349–351; Somerset, pp. 464–465
- ^ Green, p. 263; Somerset, p. 465
- ^ Green, p. 263; Gregg, p. 350
- ^ Gregg, pp. 358, 361
- ^ Gregg, p. 361
- ^ Green, pp. 272–284; Gregg, pp. 363–366
- ^ Curtis, p. 193
- ^ Gregg, pp. 375–377; Somerset, pp. 505–507
- ^ Curtis, p. 193; Green, p. 282
- ^ Curtis, p. 193; Green, pp. 294–295
- ^ Green, p. 296; Gregg, p. 374; Somerset, p. 502
- ^ Green, p. 300; Gregg, p. 378
- ^ Harley's secretary Erasmus Lewis writing to Jonathan Swift, quoted in Gregg, p. 391 and Somerset, p. 524
- ^ Green, p. 318; Gregg, pp. 390–391
- ^ Gregg, pp. 391–392; Somerset, pp. 525–526
- ^ Green, pp. 321–322; Somerset, p. 527; Waller, p. 328
- ^ Gregg, pp. 392–394
- ^ Quoted in Gregg, p. 394
- ^ "No. 5254". The London Gazette. 24 August 1714.
- ^ 8 June in the New Style Gregorian calendar in use in Hanover since 1700.
- ^ Curtis, p. 201
- ^ Green, p. 327
- ^ Gregg, p. 399
- ^ Somerset, p. 501
- ^ Gregg, p. 401
- ^ Green, p. 330
- ^ Waller, p. 313; see also Somerset, pp. 541–543 for a similar view.
- ^ Green, p. 14
- ^ Gregg, p. 404
- ^ Green, p. 97; Gregg, p. 141
- ^ Curtis, p. 204
- ^ Curtis, pp. 124–131
- ^ Gregg, p. 132
- ^ Curtis, pp. 131, 136–137
- ^ Gregg, p. 405
- ^ "Quick Guide: Act of Union". BBC. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Waller, pp. 313, 317, 328
- ^ Duke of Marlborough quoted in Green, p. 182; Duchess of Marlborough quoted in Gregg, p. 308
- ^ "No. 1065". The London Gazette. 31 January 1675. "No. 1143". The London Gazette. 30 October 1676.
- ^ "No. 2361". The London Gazette. 5 July 1688. "No. 2365". The London Gazette. 19 July 1688.
- ^ a b Pinches and Pinches, pp. 194–195
- ^ "Union with England Act 1707: Section I". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Union with England Act 1707: Section XXIV". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Green, p. 335; Gregg, p. 36; Somerset, p. 56; Weir, p. 268
- ^ Chester, p. 209
- ^ "No. 2216". The London Gazette. 10–14 February 1686.
- ^ a b c d Chester, p. 217
- ^ a b Ward, Adolphus William (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 01. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 441–474.
- ^ Gregg, pp. 46–47
- ^ "No. 2214". The London Gazette. 3–7 February 1686.
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