Residence Of Stuart
The next significant suggestion of restoring a Stuart Jacobite Pretender to 1 of their former thrones, came from an unexpected supply, through the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In spite of their common anti-clericalism and hosility to the Bourbon monarchy, the French Directory recommended to the United Irishmen in 1798 restoring the Jacobite Pretender, Henry Benedict Stuart, as Henry IX, King of the Irish. The French Directory hoped this solution would enable the creation of a steady French client state in…