Jacobite. Either 'Radcliffe' or 'Radclyffe'. Illegitimate grandson of Charles II on his mother's side. A very wealthy Northumbrian nobleman, brought up in France. 1712 married Anna Webb. Captured at the Battle of Preston during the first Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, found guilty of treason and together with another Jacobite, Lord Kenmure, beheaded on Tower Hill.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater
Commemorated ati
Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Other Subjects
Warne, Jnr.
Either burnt or poisoned in prison for his Protestant beliefs. Son of Elizabeth.
Thomas Cromwell
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...
Julius Hirsch
Footballer. Born in Achern, Germany. He was the first Jewish player in the German national football team, and played in the 1912 Olympic Games. He fought in the German Army in WW1, and was decorate...
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
Laurence Parnam
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
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