He was a supporter of the Old Pretender.

They escaped to France, and went from there to Rome in the retinue of the Old Pretender.

Four previous statutes had made similar provision in respect of the Old Pretender and his father, the late King James:

Mist moved to Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1729 and began working for the Old Pretender.

This became the standard image of the Old Pretender and was much copied.

He was a descendant of John Turner who had fought against the Old Pretender in 1715.

The advisers of the Old Pretender seem to have been either slow to trust their coadjutor or to comprehend his project.

He went to Rome in the summer of 1721, and there unfolded to the Old Pretender the details of a plot.

Very Old Pretenders is about two Scottish soldiers from hundreds of years ago trying to make sense of today's world, gadgets, and attitudes.

His attitude was justified when, during 1743, the French government again began to give active encouragement to the Old Pretender.