The Society has a full and varied programme
of activities throughout the year.
These include an Annual Dinner on or about
29 May each year to honour the Restoration of the Monarchy
in 1660, at least two lectures each year by eminent speakers
on subjects of Stuart and/or monarchist interest, visits
to
places of Stuart interest, occasional informal parties, seminars
and symposia. Solemn commemorations to the memory of
King
Charles I and Mary, Queen of Scots on the anniversaries of
their deaths (30 January and 8 February respectively) are
held together with a commemoration on the anniversary of
the birth of King James II and VII (14 October). Three newsletters
are issued each year containing details of the
various events and other information.
The Society publishes at least three items
each year normally two from its series of Royal Stuart Papers
and one Royal Stuart Review. The publications are in A5 booklet
format of attractive design. The Royal Stuart Papers cover
individual topics in Stuart history, many of them by well-known
authors. The Royal Stuart Review contains short articles
and
reviews of books on Stuart history by eminent historians.
Details of available publications are shown on the 'Publications'
page of this website. Members of the Society receive the
publications free of charge as part of their membership.
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King
Charles II c. 1665 by J M Wright (National Portrait
Gallery) |
A
scarce pub sign showing the head of King James
II & VII. This is in Southwold, Suffolk |
Forthcoming events open to the public
- Lecture on the Culloden Memorial Project - 8th October 2008
Christopher Duffy will deliver a lecture about the Culloden Memorial Project, with which he has been closely associated. Dr Duffy is an eminent historian and his book on the Rising of 1745 is regarded as the best military account of those events.
The lecture will take place at 7pm, on Wednesday the 8th of October, and will be held in the Parish Hall of Farm Street Church, which is entered from 114 Mount Street, London W1. Refreshments will be available from 6.30pm.
There is no charge for admission to the Society's lectures and members of the public are very welcome: there is no need to book. Wine is served before the lectures.
'Members of the Council of the Royal Stuart Society at the commemoration of the bicentenary of the death of King Henry IX & I (last of the Stuart Kings in direct male line) and pictured in the State Apartments at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in July 2007 beneath a portrait of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria and their children. From left to right Peter Horrocks, Vice Chairman of the Council, Mrs Richard Hickie, Thomas Fitzpatrick (with the Society's banner), Lord Aylmer, Chairman of the Council, Rafal Heydel-Mankoo, Lumsden of Cushnie and Dr Eveline Cruickshanks'
'The Society's Anglican Chaplain,
the Revd Graeme Napier,
at the statue of King Charles I in Trafalgar Square on
30 January 2007 to remember the martyrdom of the King on
this date in 1649
Mr John Spoore RVM playing
a lament at the King Charles statue on 30 January 2007
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Fondly
remembered in Bulgaria - the statue of Czar Alexander
II (1855-1881), the 'Czar Liberator' still stands
in the centre of Sofia |
Emperor
Charles I of Austria and Charles IV, King of Hungary
(1916-1922), in his coronation robes in 1917. He
died in exile in Madeira in 1922 and was beatified
in 2004 |
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