Hans Caspar von Bothmer
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Hans Caspar von Bothmer was a Hanoverian
diplomat and politician. He is most notable for his time spent in Britain after 1701, when he served as an advisor to several British monarchs.
He grew to be a confidante of the British Queen Anne
, and after her death in 1714 he spent his time burning her secret correspondence so that it would not fall into the hands of her enemies. He was by this time a popular figure in British political society, and counted both Tories
and Whigs amongst his friends.
In 1714 he was instrumental in securing the succession of the Hanoverian
King George I
to the throne, rather than the rival Jacobite claimant James III who possessed an arguably stronger blood claim. In spite of this he experienced a surprisingly turbulent relationship with the new King, and for a while he fell out of favour. In these years he conspired with Robert Walpole
, a British politician, who had also been excluded from power.
Electorate of Hanover
The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation...
diplomat and politician. He is most notable for his time spent in Britain after 1701, when he served as an advisor to several British monarchs.
He grew to be a confidante of the British Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
, and after her death in 1714 he spent his time burning her secret correspondence so that it would not fall into the hands of her enemies. He was by this time a popular figure in British political society, and counted both Tories
Tories (political faction)
The Tories were members of two political parties which existed, sequentially, in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.-Overview:...
and Whigs amongst his friends.
In 1714 he was instrumental in securing the succession of the Hanoverian
House of Hanover
The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
King George I
George I of Great Britain
George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
to the throne, rather than the rival Jacobite claimant James III who possessed an arguably stronger blood claim. In spite of this he experienced a surprisingly turbulent relationship with the new King, and for a while he fell out of favour. In these years he conspired with Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
, a British politician, who had also been excluded from power.