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Curse of Cannan - The New Ensign

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Encyclopaedia Judaica. On January 30, 1657, King Charles was beheaded at Whitehall. Cromwell<br />

did not live long to enjoy his triumph. He died in 1661, making it possible for King Charles II<br />

to regain the throne. Many <strong>of</strong> Cromwell's most dedicated revolutionarie's emigrated to the<br />

American colonies, where they have exercised a pernicious influence ever since. <strong>The</strong><br />

Cromwellians were the guiding inspiration <strong>of</strong> the abolitionst movement which precipitated the<br />

Civil War; they have been behind-the-scenes figures in many other disasters in the United States.<br />

Because Charles II was now on the throne <strong>of</strong> England, the Amsterdam bankers instituted a great<br />

financial depression in England in 1674. <strong>The</strong> unrest caused by this development paved the way<br />

for the House <strong>of</strong> Nassau to seize the throne <strong>of</strong> England. England made peace with its nemesis,<br />

Holland, in 1677. As part <strong>of</strong> the deal, William <strong>of</strong> Orange married Mary, daughter <strong>of</strong> the Duke<br />

<strong>of</strong> York, who became King James II when Charles II died in 1685. James now became the only<br />

obstacle to William's taking over the throne <strong>of</strong> England. <strong>The</strong> Amsterdam bankers now launched<br />

a frenetic campaign <strong>of</strong> bribing King James II's leading aristocratic supporters. <strong>The</strong> first to<br />

succumb was the Duke <strong>of</strong> Marlborough, John Churchill, ancestor <strong>of</strong> Winston Churchill. As head<br />

<strong>of</strong> the army, Marlborough's support was crucial. He accepted bribes <strong>of</strong> some 350,000 pounds<br />

from de Medina and Machado. Next was Lord Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot) who had occupied<br />

high <strong>of</strong>fice during the reign <strong>of</strong> both Charles II and James II. Seeing that the tide was now turning,<br />

such luminaries as Sidney Godolphin, the Duke <strong>of</strong> Sunderland, and the Duchess <strong>of</strong> Portsmouth<br />

secretly went over to those who favored the accession <strong>of</strong> William <strong>of</strong> Orange. Meanwhile, James<br />

II seemed unaware <strong>of</strong> the treachery which surrounded him. Marlborough even signed a renewed<br />

oath <strong>of</strong> fidelity to James on November 10, 1688. On November 24, he joined the forces <strong>of</strong> William<br />

<strong>of</strong> Orange.<br />

Sailing with William's invasion force was Lord Polwarth, whose descendant, the present Lord<br />

Polwarth, is prominent in American and English banking and industry; Hans Bentinck, a<br />

Dutchman who had nursed William through a bout <strong>of</strong> smallpox; he named his son William after<br />

the King. <strong>The</strong> Earl <strong>of</strong> Devonshire was in secret correspondence with William at the Hague;<br />

Devonshire agreed to deliver the entire Midlands area to William, after signing a historic letter<br />

inviting him to take the throne <strong>of</strong> England. In the 1930's, his descendant, the Duke <strong>of</strong> Devonshire,<br />

briefly worked for J. P. Morgan in <strong>New</strong> York; Morgan <strong>of</strong>ten referred to him as "Lord Useless."<br />

<strong>The</strong> heir to the Devonshire estates married Kathleen Kennedy, daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph P. Kennedy.<br />

He was killed in action during the war. <strong>The</strong> Devonshires now faced the bothersome prospect <strong>of</strong><br />

a Kennedy claim to their estates. <strong>The</strong> problem was solved when Kathleen Kennedy was killed<br />

in n airplane accident while flying to France for a champagne tryst with her lover.<br />

Now King <strong>of</strong> England, William III named Bentinck the first Earl <strong>of</strong> Portland. <strong>The</strong> second duke<br />

married into the Cavendish fortune; the third duke became Governor General <strong>of</strong> India and made<br />

the history books when he abolished .the practice <strong>of</strong> suttee in 1829. Those who had aided<br />

William's invasion were well-rewarded; they have been the wealthiest families in England ever<br />

since. <strong>The</strong> first order <strong>of</strong> business was to charter the Bank <strong>of</strong> England in 1694, the mission for<br />

which William had been backed by the bankers <strong>of</strong> Amsterdam. This made the Canaanite cause<br />

a true world power. William's accession placed the throne <strong>of</strong> England firmly in I he line <strong>of</strong> the<br />

black nobility, where it has remained ever since. Lord Shrewsbury became one <strong>of</strong> the first<br />

stockholders in the Bank <strong>of</strong> England, investing ten thousand pounds. He enthusiastically predicted<br />

that the Bank <strong>of</strong> England would not only finance trade, it would also carry the burden <strong>of</strong> her<br />

wars, I prediction which proved true. Because no revolutionary fll0tion could obtain any financing<br />

after the Bank <strong>of</strong> England gained control <strong>of</strong> the money <strong>of</strong> England, there has never been another<br />

civil war or revolution in England. <strong>The</strong> Cavendish-Bentinck line, like others who supported<br />

William, has always prospered. <strong>The</strong> present Duke married a Mrs. Quigley <strong>of</strong> Kentucky and is a<br />

director <strong>of</strong> the Rothschild firm, Rio Tinto. During World War II, he was chairman <strong>of</strong> the Joint<br />

Chiefs Id' Staff (Intelligence).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Scottish lords to a man had been loyal to James II; to the first to bend the knee to William<br />

was one Patrick Lyon. He became Earl <strong>of</strong> Strathmore. <strong>The</strong> daughter <strong>of</strong> the fourteenth Earl,<br />

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, is now the Queen Mother <strong>of</strong> England.<br />

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