John Cope

You had to be recommended and invited.

The principal members on the books that year include Viola Chesterfield, Major General Churchill, and then poet laureate, Collie Kibber MP, and possibly a spy, Sir John Cope, and the latter would face military disaster early in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 when he was the military commander of Scotland and his force was defeated by Bonnie Prince Charlie, thus leading to the Scots full classic, Hey Johnny Cope, are you waking yet? So this is like, this is big dogs.

Yeah, I'm not getting in there, let's be honest.

None of us are.

His standard was hoisted at Glenfinnan on August 19th, 1745, and a small but gallant army gathered around it.

There were but a few regiments of regular troops in Scotland, commanded by Sir John Cope, a slow and timid general.

While he was vainly seeking to hunt down the prince, the latter slipped southward and got between the capital and his enemy.

He occupied Edinburgh, though the veteran George Preston held the castle for the government, and on September 21st the wild rush of his Highlanders scattered Sir John Cope's small army and won the battle of Prestonpans.

In November at the head of 5,000 men he marched into England and reached Derby.

But the English population, while entirely indifferent to the House of Hanover, had for the most part lost all feeling of loyalty toward the Stuarts.

His standard was hoisted at Glenfinnan on August nineteenth, 1745, and a small but gallant army gathered around it.

There were but a few regiments of regular troops in Scotland, commanded by Sir John Cope, a slow and timid general.

While he was vainly seeking to hunt down the prince, the latter slipped southward and got between the capital and his enemy.

He occupied Edinburgh, though the veteran George Preston held the castle for the government, and on September twenty-first, the wild rush of his Highlanders scattered Sir John Cope's small army and won the Battle of Prestonpans.

In November, at the head of five thousand men, he marched into England and reached Derby.

But the English population, while entirely indifferent to the House of Hanover, had for the most part lost all feeling of loyalty toward the Stuarts.