Thomas Forster

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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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Thomas Forster canonical 3

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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 of Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Forster family
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 ⓘ
linked to: Northern England
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
represented Northumberland ⓘ
role commander of Jacobite forces in northern England ⓘ
side Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces
supportedClaimant James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ
surrenderedAt Preston ⓘ
wentIntoExile France ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
Forster → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Forster ⓘ