Thomas Forster

E282498

Jacobite military leader Member of Parliament person

Thomas Forster is a Jacobite military leader best known for commanding the rebel forces during the 1715 Jacobite rising in England.

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Label	Occurrences
Thomas Forster canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jacobite military leader ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ person ⓘ
basedIn	Northumberland ⓘ
charge	high treason ⓘ
commanded	Jacobite army at Preston in 1715 ⓘ
conflict	Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
detainedIn	Newgate Prison ⓘ
era	early 18th century ⓘ
escapedFrom	Newgate Prison ⓘ
familyName	Forster ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability	role in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion in England ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ
ideology	restoration of the House of Stuart ⓘ
legislativeTerm	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
militaryRank	general (Jacobite forces) ⓘ
movement	Jacobitism ⓘ
nobleFamily	Forster family ⓘ surface form: Forster family of Northumberland
notableEvent	Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ
notableFor	commanding rebel forces in the 1715 Jacobite rising in England ⓘ leadership of English Jacobite forces in 1715 ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opposedBy	British government forces ⓘ
opposedIdeology	Hanoverian succession ⓘ
parliamentaryBody	House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Tory ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Northumberland ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Northern England ⓘ surface form: northern England
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
represented	Northumberland ⓘ
role	commander of Jacobite forces in northern England ⓘ
side	Jacobite forces ⓘ surface form: Jacobites
supportedClaimant	James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ
surrenderedAt	Preston ⓘ
wentIntoExile	France ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Fifteen → hasLeader → Thomas Forster ⓘ

Battle of Preston (1715) → commander → Thomas Forster ⓘ