Battle of Preston (1715)

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battle engagement

The Battle of Preston (1715) was a key engagement in the Jacobite rising of 1715, where government forces defeated Jacobite rebels in the English town of Preston, effectively ending the uprising in England.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Preston (1715) canonical	3
Battle of Preston	1
Siege of Preston (1715)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement ⓘ
aftermath	capture and later execution or imprisonment of many Jacobite leaders ⓘ large-scale surrender of Jacobite forces ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Preston Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Preston (1715)
belligerent	Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Hanoverian government Jacobite rebels ⓘ
category	Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ Preston ⓘ surface form: History of Preston, Lancashire
combatant	British government forces ⓘ Jacobite risings ⓘ surface form: Jacobites
commander	Charles Wills ⓘ George Carpenter ⓘ Henry Oxburgh ⓘ James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater ⓘ Thomas Forster ⓘ William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington ⓘ
conflict	Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date	1715-11-12 ⓘ
endDate	1715-11-14 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
faction	supporters of James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ supporters of King George I ⓘ
geographicalContext	northwest England ⓘ
hasParticipant	English Army ⓘ surface form: British Army Jacobite risings ⓘ surface form: English Jacobites Jacobite risings ⓘ surface form: Scottish Jacobites
locatedInTime	November 1715 ⓘ
militaryTheater	British Isles ⓘ
opposingClaimant	James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ
partOf	Jacobite rising of 1715 ⓘ War of the Quadruple Alliance era context in Britain ⓘ
place	Preston ⓘ surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
politicalContext	opposition to the Hanoverian succession ⓘ succession dispute after the death of Queen Anne ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Sheriffmuir ⓘ
result	Government victory ⓘ
rulingMonarch	George I of Great Britain ⓘ
significance	decisive defeat of the Jacobite rising in England ⓘ effectively ended Jacobite military operations in England in 1715 ⓘ
startDate	1715-11-12 ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Jacobite forces surrounded and compelled to surrender ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	urban fighting ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Jacobite rising of 1715 → significantBattle → Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ

the Fifteen → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ

Battle of Preston (1715) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Preston

Battle of Preston (1715) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Preston (1715) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Preston (1715)

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