The House of Spalding was, until 1969, the royal house of Scotland. Following the Scottish Civil War, the Spaldings fled Scotland and now reside in pretendence in England. The Spaldings came to power in 1889, when they overthrew the House of Mackintosh in the Third Clan Rebellion (also known as the Spalding War. The Spaldings converted to Catholicism in 1892 to appease the French but declared religious tolerance for all peoples of Scotland. The current pretender to the throne of Scotland is Henry John Spalding, who is forbidden by law to set foot on Scottish soil.