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Bly, Nellie. 1867-1922. US star reporter.
Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.
Carlists. 1820-1937. Supporters, especially Basque, of Don Carlos’ claims vs Isabella under Salic Law.
Cinna, Lucius. c84BC. Roman consul. Killed Sulla’s supporters. Assassinated.
Gaullists. 1947-76. Supporters of DeGaulle’s programs. 1976. RPR.
Henry, O. 1862-1910. US short-story writer. Surprise endings and irony. Gift of the Magi. Porter.
Jacobites. 1688-1753. Supporters of exiled James II and Stuart line after Glorious Revolution. 1715 “Old Pretender” James fails to claim British throne. 1745-6. Bonnie Prince Charlie unable to reclaim throne of England/Scotland. Stuart supporters aided rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Culloden Moor.
Kit-Kat Club. 1703-20. London Whig club of Hanover supporters. Met in Christopher Kat’s tavern.
Knights of the Golden Circle. 1859-66. Secret US organization of South supporters during Civil War.
Legitimists. 19C French Royalist supporters of Bourbon Chambord vs Orleanists, Bonapartists.
Merciless Parliament. Wonderful Parliament. 1388. Impeached 5 Richard II supporters.
Muckrakers. 1906-12. US reporters expose corruption. Sinclair. Collier. McClure.
National Republican Party. 1825-36. US Adams supporters. Merged into Whigs.
Orléanists. 1830-48. French supporters of Louis-Philippe vs republicans and Bonapartists.
Orléans, Louis, duc d’. 1372-1407. Began Armagnac/Burgundy conflict. Assassinated by supporters of John the Fearless.
Ormonde, Duke of. 1610-88. Irish Stuart supporter during Civil War.
Porter, Cole. c1893-1964. US composer/lyricist. Kiss Me Kate 1948, Can Can 1953.
Porter, David. 1780-1843. US. Captured first British warship of 1812 war.
Porter, Edwin. 1869/70-1941. US filmmaker. First dramatic editing -Great Train Robbery 1903; First US documentary -The Life of an American Fireman 1903.
Porter, Katherine. 1890-1980. US writer. Ship of Fools 1962.
Porter, William Sidney. O Henry.
Qaddafi, Muammar. 1942-. Radical nationalist Libyan dictator 1969- after deposing Idris I. Nationalized oil industry 1973. Middle East terrorist supporter.
Thapsus, Battle. 46BC. Caesar defeats Scipio and Pompey’s supporters in north Africa securing dictatorship.
Tory. Term (Irish = outlaw) applied 1679 to Duke of York supporters. English Royalist political party 1690-1830, refounded as Conservative Party 1833. In US: =colonists loyal to Britain during American Revolution.
Zola, Emile. 1840-1902. French “scientific” novelist: Nana 1880. Dreyfus supporter. Realist. Founded Naturalist Movement. Thérèse Raquin 1867. J’accuse 1898.