James Radcliffe, third earl of Derwentwater

(1689-1716)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Derwentwater, James Radcliffe, Earl of, 1689-1716 DNB: Radcliffe, James, styled third earl of Derwentwater (1689–1716), Jacobite army officer LBT ID: LdDerwe3 VIAF ID: 72944799 LOC ID: n88132013	B/BAP: 1689-06-28 DIED: 1716-02-24
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English Jacobite whose title was attainted for his participation in the 1715 rising; he became the subject of legend following his execution at the Tower of London.
REFERENCES TO James Radcliffe, third earl of Derwentwater: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IX 1822-23 Found 1: ¶ 2