User:Lord Cornwallis/Planned Spanish invasion of Britain (1719)
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A Spanish Invasion of Britain was planned in 1719 as part of Spain's war effort against Great Britain during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. It intended to knock Britain out of the alliance by overthrowing the recently-established Hanoverian dynasty and restoring the exiled Jacobite claimant James to the throne. Command was given to the Irish Jacobite James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde.
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After leaving Cadiz the invasion fleet was dispersed by bad weather, but a small diversionary expedition managed to reach Scotland. It sparked the 1719 Jacobite rising which ended with defeat at the Battle of Glenshiel. The British responded with a raid on Vigo in northern Spain, which led to Spain making terms at the Treaty of the Hague in 1720.