George Barclay (Jacobite)
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates Sir George Barclay (c. 1636–1710) was a Scottish army officer who headed a Jacobite assassination plot against King William II of Scotland in 1696. The plotters intended to ambush the king at Turnham Green in London on returning from a hunting party. The plot was betrayed to the government, and nine members were executed, though Barclay escaped to France.
References
- from a dictionary of dates by Thomas Nelsonand sons c 1906
- Vincent, Benjamin. "Assassination Plot" in Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages. 19th Edition. Ward, Lock and Co. London, New York and Melbourne. 1889. Volume 1. pp. 59–60. Google Books.
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