Ontario High School History of England . -, 1714, Anne dismissed Oxford. The chief trouble lay,however, in the question of the succession. Anne was nowa widow and childless. Like Elizabeth, she disliked any. Henry St. John. Viscountbolingbrokk (1678-1751) 364 HISTORY OF ENGLAND reference to her successor. The recent death of Sophia,Electress of Hanover, whom Parliament had made legalsuccessor to Queen Anne, left George, son of the electress,heir to the throne. Bolingbroke, however, intended to bringback the Stuarts in the person of James Edward. But theunhappy queen, worn out by the factions a
Ontario High School History of England . -, 1714, Anne dismissed Oxford. The chief trouble lay,however, in the question of the succession. Anne was nowa widow and childless. Like Elizabeth, she disliked any. Henry St. John. Viscountbolingbrokk (1678-1751) 364 HISTORY OF ENGLAND reference to her successor. The recent death of Sophia,Electress of Hanover, whom Parliament had made legalsuccessor to Queen Anne, left George, son of the electress,heir to the throne. Bolingbroke, however, intended to bringback the Stuarts in the person of James Edward. But theunhappy queen, worn out by the factions about her, wasstricken with mortal illness a few days after the dismissalof Oxford, and before the completion of Bolingbrokesplans. When the queen was known to be dying, twoWhig dukes, Argyle and Somerset, appeared in thequeens Council and demanded, as Privy Councillors, a voicein the nations affairs. The Tories could not resist thisclaim to an old constitutional right, and other Whigs soonjoined the two Whig dukes In helping the direction of eventsat this time by the Privy Council. It was vital to the Whigsthat the line of Hanover should succeed, and they had thelaw on their side. On the day of the q
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