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Philip Major will deliver a lecture on The Atterbury Plot, the Jacobite plot in 1722 to overthrow King George I and restore the House of Stuart to the British Thrones. Its leader was Francis Atterbury, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster. Philip Major is the author of Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration (Routledge, 2013) and Royalists and Royalism in 17th Century Literature (Routledge, 2020). This event will take place in the Library of the Caledonian Club, 9 Halkin Street London SW1X 7DR.