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Immortal Seven
Seven notable English citizens who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking William of Orange to depose James II in favour of William's wife Mary.
They were:
- Thomas Osborne[?], Earl of Danby[?]
- Charles Talbot[?], Earl of Shrewsbury
- William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire
- Richard, Viscount Lumley[?]
- Henry Compton[?], Bishop of London
- Edward Russell[?]
- Henry Sidney[?] (who wrote the Invitation).
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