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Rh were deposited. He died in the year 1759 at Bath, and was buried in the Abbey Church in that city.

James II. lost his crown from his attachment to Rome: and it is said, that his grandson in 1745 was ready to renounce Romanism, in order to regain what had been lost by his grandfather. Lord Kilmarnock denied that the object contemplated by the restoration of the exiled family was the restoration of Popery. He added that Charles Edward had no concern about any outward profession of religion.

King believed, that he would have conformed to the Church of England, on the ground of indifference to either Creed. As to his religion, he is certainly free from all bigotry and superstition, and would readily conform to the religion of the country. With the Catholics, he is a Catholic: with the Protestants, he is a Protestant: and to convince the latter of his sincerity, he often carried an English Common Prayer Book in his pocket, and sent to Gordon, a Nonjuring