The members of the squadrone, which eventually totalled 25, were generally moderate
Presbyterians who opposed both Episopalians and the
Jacobites. Although the actual grouping pre-dated 1705, it received the nickname squadrone volante in that year, as it was independent of the Court and Country parties in the
Scottish Parliament.[3][4]
^Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. p. 35.
^Riley, Patrick William Joseph (1978). The union of England and Scotland: a study in Anglo-Scottish politics of the eighteenth century. Manchester University Press ND. p. 143.
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^Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. p. 35.
^Riley, Patrick William Joseph (1978). The union of England and Scotland: a study in Anglo-Scottish politics of the eighteenth century. Manchester University Press ND. p. 143.
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^Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 388–89.