CHAPTER XVII.

VICTORIA.

Old Jacobite Titles――More Restorations――The Cromartie Title―― Titles under Attainder――Fitz-Pretenders――Admiral Allen’s Son and Grandsons――Working through Literature――The Romance of the Story――‘Red Eagle’――‘Tales of the Last Century’――The Lever of Poetry――Poetical Politics――The Black Cockade――The Allens in Edinburgh――The Succession to the Crown――A Derwentwater at Dilston――Descent of the Claimant――Obstacles in Pedigrees――John Sobieski Stuart―― The elder Son of ‘Red Eagle’――Stuart Alliances――Fuller Particulars――The Stuart-d’Albanies――Jacobite Lord Campbell―― Lord Campbell, on old Judgments――Time’s Changes――At Chelsea and Balmoral 385

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