Round 5: Tossup 18

A descendant of a writer with this first name refused Arthur Burrell’s suggestion to destroy a document found at Shibden Hall. That encoded document with five million pages was created by a person with this name who married a woman surnamed Walker in an 1834 ceremony in Goodramgate, York. A 19th-century diarist from the Lister family derisively called (*) “Gentleman Jack” had this first name, as did a royal whose “Cockpit circle” of friends included Prince George of Denmark and John Churchill. (10[1])The Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Hill vied for the affections (-5[1])of a sickly royal with this first name, (10[1])who was succeeded by a male descendent of Sophie of Hanover. For 10 points, give this first name of the Stuart Queen who became the first ruler of the United Kingdom after the 1707 Acts of Union. ■END■ (10[1])

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