Battle of Preston (1715)

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Battle of Preston
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1715
A map of 18th-century Preston
Date 9–14 November 1715 Location Preston, Lancashire 53°45′14″N 2°42′04″W / 53.754°N 2.701°W / 53.754; -2.701 Result Government victory
Belligerents
Great Britain	Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
Charles Wills George Carpenter	William Mackintosh William Maxwell Lord Derwentwater Thomas Forster Henry Oxburgh
Strength
2,500–3,000	1,700
Casualties and losses
300 killed or wounded	17 dead 25 wounded 1,468 captured
class=notpageimage| Location within England

The Battle of Preston (9–14 November 1715) was the final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715, an attempt to put James Francis Edward Stuart on the British throne in place of George I. After two days of street-fighting, the Jacobite commander Thomas Forster surrendered to government troops under General Charles Wills. It was arguably the last battle fought on English soil.