Escape the Tower: William Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/readingthepast06211 The Tower of London has imprisoned many people over the years… some have attempted to escape. Today we are looking at the story of William Maxwell, fifth earl of Nithsdale. I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting! Please subscribe and click the bell icon to be updated about new videos. Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media: Instagram: katrina.marchant Twitter: @kat_marchant Clubhouse: @kat_marchant TikTok: @katrina_marchant Email: [email protected] Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [   • Greenery – Silent Partner (No Copyright Mu...  ] SFX from https://freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx Linked videos and playlists: The Virgin Queen:    • Dr Kat and The Virgin Queen   Executing Charles I playlist:    • Whitehall, Banqueting House and King Charl...   Review of “The Favourite” film:    • Dr Kat Reviews The Favourite with Jamie   Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated): Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in coronation robes by an unknown English artist (c.1600). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of James I of England in state robes by Paul van Somer I (c.1620). Held by the Royal Collection. Charles I in Three Positions by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1635 - Before June 1636). Held by the Royal Collection. Portrait of Oliver Cromwell after Samuel Cooper (based on a work of 1656). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Richard Cromwell by Gerard Soest (1644 – 1681). Derived from Theo Johns Fine Arts, London. Portrait of Charles II of England in Coronation robes by John Michael Wright (c.1661-1662). Held by the Royal Collection. Portrait of James II of England with Garter Collar from the school of Peter Lely (c.1650–1675). Held by the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK. Portrait of Queen Mary II of England by Godfrey Kneller (1690). Held by the Royal Collection. Portrait of King William III by Godfrey Kneller (1680s). Held by the National Galleries of Scotland. Photograph of the exterior of Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines) taken by JH Mora (2005). Portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle (c.1712). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Anne, Queen of Great Britain by Michael Dahl (1705). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of King George I from the studio of Godfrey Kneller (Date1714-1725, copy of an original from 1714). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Engraving of Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale (née Winifred Herbert) born Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales (1845). From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745., Volume II, by Mrs. Thomson. Portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle (c.1712). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of Maria Clementina Sobieska attributed to E. Gill after Martin van Meytens (between 1727 and 1728). Held by the Scottish National Gallery. Portrait of Henry Benedict Stuart; “Cardinal Duke of York” from the circle of Anton Raphael Mengs (1750). Held by the National Portrait Gallery. Portrait of King George III in coronation robes by Allan Ramsay (c.1765). Held by the Art Gallery of South Australia. #History #TowerOfLondon #Skillshare