Chapter 16

Accession of Queen Anne. The Tories in power. The Queen entertained on Lord Mayor’s Day. A thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s. The Battle of Blenheim. Marlborough in the City. The City’s continued financial difficulties. The Queen again at St. Paul’s. The Tories give place to Whigs. The victory at Ramillies. The City and Prince Eugene. The Union with Scotland. The City and the Pretender. The victory at Oudenarde. Death of Prince George of Denmark. Scarcity in the City. Dr. Sacheverell and his Sermon. The fall of the Whigs. Act for building fifty new Churches. The Occasional Conformity Act. Disputed Municipal Elections. Proposed entertainment to Prince Eugene. The Treaty of Utrecht. The Queen’s illness and death.