The last Stuart heir lost his fortune to the French, lived on a pension from George III, and left the Stuart jewels to the Prince of Wales

Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal York, was the grandson of the deposed King James II. When his brother Charles Edward died in 1788, he took the title Henry IX. He lost his French church incomes in the Revolution. When French armies invaded Italy and confiscated his property, George III, the king whose family had replaced his, gave him a pension. It is reported as £4,000 a year^†. He sold the Stuart Sapphire. His will left the Prince of Wales, the future George IV, a badge of the Order of St Andrew and a ruby ring. The badge had been made as a Garter badge for James II when Duke of York and was converted by Henry's father. The jewels were hidden in Italy during the French occupation and delivered to the Prince Regent at Carlton House in June 1815. Henry died at Frascati on 13 July 1807 at 82, and his claim passed to King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia^†. He is buried in St Peter's in Rome with his father and brother. His executor, Monsignor Angelo Cesarini, commissioned a monument from Antonio Canova in 1810. It was installed in 1819. The badge is on loan at Edinburgh Castle.