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Scene in a poor district of Westminster (Peter Street)

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The Battle of the Nile

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James II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland Canyon de Chelly National Monument Scene in a poor districtJames II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Portrait of James (1633 1701), the second surviving son of King Charles I, who became king on the death of his brother, Charles II. A Catholic, he lost the throne in 1688 to the Protestant William of Orange in what came to be known as the 'Glorious Revolution'.