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| Abbreviation | RSS |
| Motto | Aymez Loyaulte (Love Loyalty) |
| Formation | 1926 |
| Type | monarchist, traditionalist |
| Headquarters | Walsingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom |
| Governor-General | Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans |
| Key people | Henry Stuart Wheatly-Crowe, |
| Website | royalstuartsociety.com |
The Royal Stuart Society founded in 1926, is the senior monarchist organisation, and the foremost Jacobite and Legitimist body, in the United Kingdom. It acknowledges Franz, Duke of Bavaria as head of the Royal House, whilst refraining from making any claim on his behalf that he does not make himself.
After the First World War, the Jacobite movement was in disarray. The Royal Stuart Society was established by Captain Henry Stuart Wheatly-Crowe, who served as its first Governor-General, and representatives of the Royalist Association and other defunct or moribund Jacobite bodies. It thus considered itself a successor to such bodies as the Legitimist Jacobite League of Great Britain and Ireland, the Order of the White Rose and the Thames Valley Legitimist Club. Amongst its other founders were Lionel Erskine-Young, 28th Earl of Mar (1891-1965) and Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay (1867-1939).[1]
The current objectives of the Royal Stuart Society are: (1) to be open to all who have an interest in the members of the Royal House of Stuart, their descendents and supporters; (2) to promote research in and further knowledge of Stuart history; (3) to uphold rightful Monarchy and oppose republicanism; and (4) to arrange such commemorations, lectures and other activities as shall advance these objects. It describes itself on its website as being “monarchist and traditionalist”.[2]
The current Governor-General is His Grace the Duke of St Albans, and the Chairman of the Council is Lord Aylmer.
The Society organises commemorations in Whitehall, Windsor and Westminster Abbey. A Service to commemorate the execution of King Charles I is held at his statue in Trafalgar Square on the 30th of January each year. The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots is remembered with a Service at her tomb in Westminster Abbey on the 8th of February. The nativity of King James VII and II is marked by prayers and the laying of flowers at his statue outside the National Gallery on the 14th of October. Its lectures usually take place at the parish hall of the Jesuit church at Farm Street in London’s Mayfair. It issues popular and scholarly publications, edited by the historian Dr Eveline Cruickshanks, a former Fellow of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research. Its series of publications called Royal Stuart Papers numbers over sixty and includes papers by distinguished academics such as Roy Porter, Richard Sharp, Murray Pittock, Lady Antonia Fraser and Ronald Hutton.[2]
References
- ^ Robert FJ Parsons, The Role of Jacobitism in the Modern World (Royal Stuart Society, Huntingdon, 1986)
- ^ a b The Royal Stuart Society (official web site)
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