Title:

Prince

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

James

Last Name:

Stuart

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1686

Inscription:

JACOBUS SECUNDUS/ DEI GRATIA/ ANGLIÆ SCOTIÆ/ FRANCIÆ ET/ HIBERNIÆ/ REX/ FIDEI DEFENSOR/ ANNO M.D.C.LXXXVI

in translation

James II, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith. 1686.

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

Photographic evidence.

Memorial Notes:

The statue has been relocated several times since it was first erected in the grounds of the old Palace of Whitehall in 1686, only two years before James II was deposed.

James Stuart, Duke of York, nominally Colonel of the Duke of York's regiment of foot