Coincidentally, it was also the number of (+) Scottish members of the House of Commons by the 1707 Act of Union, and the last two digits of the year during which John Cope lost the Battle of Prestonpans.
Radical groups of late 1700's England used this number as a symbol, as it was the issue number of the North Briton that caused the government to prosecute John Wilkes. Coincidentally, it was also the number of (+) Scottish members of the House of Commons by the 1707 Act of Union, and the last two digits of the year during which John Cope lost the Battle of Prestonpans. That battle was part of a larger campaign that ended with the leader of the rebellion fleeing, disguised as an Irish maid, after losing the Battle of (*) Culloden. For 10 points, give the number that colloquially names the Second Jacobite Uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Radical groups of late 1700's England used this number as a symbol, as it was the issue number of the North Briton that caused the government to prosecute John Wilkes.
{forty}-{five} [or "The {Forty}-{Five}"]