1st Earl of Orford Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney (who wrote the Invitation) Danby and Compton were generally considered to be Tories (court party), the other five as Whigs (country party). After William's rise to power, five were elevated further in the peerage; Russell was made a peer with the mid-rank of earl; and Compton as Bishop of London had his suspension (for refusing to suspend strongly anti-Catholic reverend John Sharp), running into a third year, lifted and performed the coronation, granted lands in Maryland to his second cousin, and became a commissioner in revision of the litany. Contents The invitation declared: References Sources Stuart England 1688 in England 1688 documents Anti-Catholicism in England Glorious Revolution William III of England 17th-century documents