Genuine and impartial memoirs of the life and character of Charles Ratcliffe, Esq; who was beheaded on Tower-Hill, Monday, December 8, 1746. With an Account of his Family, and how far he was concerned in the Rebellion in 1715; the Inducements that occasioned his coming over to England, in 1725; and also the last Time with the Officers of Dillon's Regiment in the French Service. To which is Added, a true Account of his Dying Behaviour and Last Words; Also the Speech of the Earl of Derwentwater his Brother on the Scaffold. To the Whole is prefixed, a full Answer to the Letter inserted in the Daily Advertiser on Saturday, December 6, 1746, relating to these Memoirs. By a gentleman of the family, to prevent the Publick being imposed on by any erroneous or partial Accounts to the Prejudice of this unfortunate Gentleman.

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1746