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- Duncan!!
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Technicalities. lol
But King George was English wasn't he?
Serious question- Did Scotland and Wales really want to fight in it? I know my distant grandfather from Scotland got forced into coming here to fight in the War of 1812, got captured by the Americans, and when released he decided to stay here instead of going back to Edinburgh. Traveled to what was the Indiana territory at the time and got free land.
But King George was English wasn't he?
Serious question- Did Scotland and Wales really want to fight in it? I know my distant grandfather from Scotland got forced into coming here to fight in the War of 1812, got captured by the Americans, and when released he decided to stay here instead of going back to Edinburgh. Traveled to what was the Indiana territory at the time and got free land.
- verno
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From George the first onward they are Germans. The last Stuart monarch was Queen Anne (She oversaw the creation of the Union in 1707).
The next monarch to have a drop of British blood was our late Queen Elizabeth the second.
Who knows if anyone wanted to fight but fight they had to. Sounds like your relative got a good deal out of it though.
- Dels
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The average Scot probably didn't want to go to war. But the powers that be that were Scottish would have, there were certain Scots who had much to lose and would happily sent soldiers to die for those assets. There are many Scots who benefited from British colonialism, it wasn't just an English thing.Duncan!! wrote: ↑23-10-23 21:06Technicalities. lol
But King George was English wasn't he?
Serious question- Did Scotland and Wales really want to fight in it? I know my distant grandfather from Scotland got forced into coming here to fight in the War of 1812, got captured by the Americans, and when released he decided to stay here instead of going back to Edinburgh. Traveled to what was the Indiana territory at the time and got free land.
George I was German. He was King James I & IV great-great grandson. So George's grandson George III would have been James' great-great-great-great grandson. So more Scottish than English, but German mostly, probably.
I like this stuff too from a historical point but I cannot stand them.
Well this is a different convo than usual, lol.
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