ABSTRACT
Anne was the last Stuart to wear the crown of England, and she had all the pride and stubbornness that typified her family. In many ways Anne’s outlook, which was generally conservative, Anglican and strongly supportive of the Church of England, seemed to incline her much more towards the Tories than the Whigs. The Marlboroughs came to power with Queen Anne, for Sarah Churchill, the earl’s wife, was her close personal friend. The Godolphin–Harley ministry was enormously strengthened by Marlborough’s victory, which temporarily stifled criticism. The factionalism of the high Tories drove Marlborough and Godolphin towards the Whigs, but they were not yet willing to bring the Junto lords into the administration. George I. Bolingbroke, who echoed Swift’s criticism of the conduct of England’s allies, had no sense of obligation towards them. Bolingbroke was, in short, treating the French as allies and the allies as enemies.
