Noun
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
Source: WordNetGreat and Little Wild Streets are called respectively Old and New Weld Streets by Strype. Weld House stood on the site of the present Wild Court, and was during the reign of James II occupied by the Spanish Embassy. In Great Wild Street Benjamin Franklin worked as a journeyman printer. Walter Besant
Ashley, p. 271. It was repealed upon the accession of James II by a Tory-dominated House of Commons but upon the accession of William III a new Act was passed that prohibited the importation of French goods. Source: Internet
Brown, Atholl and the death of James I, p. 43 Walter was taken prisoner by Angus and held at the Edinburgh Tolbooth where he was tried and beheaded on 26 March 1437, the day after the coronation of the young James II. Source: Internet
He also repeatedly expressed his displeasure at the support which James II gave to the autocratic King Louis XIV in his measures against the Church. Source: Internet
Between the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, the Stuart Kings Charles II and James II succeeded in using select militias loyal to them to suppress political dissidents, in part by disarming their opponents. Source: Internet
Brown's will was signed ten months before James II was born and more than a year before Brown's marriage to Tomi Rae Hynie. Source: Internet