 The Jacobites declared that the natives of Newcastle were staunch supporters of the Hanoverian kings, whose first representative George I reigned (1714-1727) at the time of the 1715 rebellion.Newcastle contrasted with rural Northumberland, which largely supported the Jacobite cause.In this case, the term "Geordie" may have derived from the popular anti-Hanoverian song "Cam Ye O'er Frae France?