Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 The following is the Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones as of the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, on 1 August 1714. It reflects the laws current in England and Scotland immediately before the Act of Settlement 1701, which disqualified Catholics from the throne. Queen Anne of Great Britain was the last monarch of the House of Stuart which had succeeded the House of Tudor with the death of Elizabeth I. All of Anne's children died before age 12, resulting in a
Blackguard Children of both child poverty and under-employment, as they would even try to put them out to trades. The conditions those children were forced to live in, with little or no shelter, food and clothes, as well as Thomas Coleman's confession, might have strengthened Captain Thomas Coram's belief that such a situation needed to be improved. Besides, as mentioned before, children mortality rates were extremely high: only 26 children out of 100 outlived their fifth birthday, and the percentage related to the workhouses was even lower. Coram, whose plan was to save as many as possible, had already been militating for