philopoliticus

Updated: January 23, 2026

"Oxford," writes an informant, under the name of Philopoliticus, "is debauched by Jacobitism. They call the Parliament the Rump; and riots in the street, with cries of 'Down with the Rump! occur daily."

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745: Volume II.