Jane Stuart (Quaker)

Jane Stuart
Bornc. 1654
Paris, France
Died(1742-07-12)12 July 1742
Wisbech, Isle of Ely, England
OccupationSpinner
Known forreputed natural daughter of James II of England

Jane Stuart (c. 1654 – 1742), was a Quaker who lived and died in Wisbech, England. There is a long-standing tradition that she was a natural daughter of James II of England.[1]

No records of her during her life in the town have been located in the Wisbech & Fenland Museum that confirm the Stuart royal link; it was only after her death that the details of her life were recorded in oral histories of Wisbech residents.[2]

  1. ^ Cruickshanks, Eveline (2004). "Jane Stuart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38026. Retrieved 18 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Jane Stuart". Wisbech Museum. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2019.