ABSTRACT
William claimed the titles of 'King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland'. William was cynically to claim that his title of Stadholder-King was the wrong way round, for he was more like a king in the United Provinces and more like a Stadholder in England. The title to the Irish Kingdom was attached to that of England, and in theory automatically went to the wearer of the English crown. There are nevertheless some historians who consider the events of 1688 not as the Glorious Revolution but as the Dutch invasion and indeed occupation of England. Of William's attitude towards Scotland he observes that 'to the Scottish political struggle itself William gave only cursory attention, interfering rarely, to little purpose and then doing more harm than good'. William never visited his northern Kingdom, and made only one, albeit memorable, trip across the Irish Sea.
