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Summer 1733 Mr Cotton 'a young gentleman of about 27 years of age' married to Mrs Morgan of Bethnal Green 'a widow gentlewoman of about 72 years of age, with a fortune of £10,000'
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"I have an aversion to those wits by profession, who think it incumbent upon them always to reflect & express themselves differently from the rest of the #world; they... often give me pain, but never give me pleasure"
Lord Hervey #OnThisDay 1731
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@HistParl The biggest loser from the battle of Prestonpans was the British commander, Sir John Cope, who was lampooned for executing a very rapid #retreat to Berwick; but the whole army was castigated for being 'seized with a Panick' & fleeing after firing one round
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"May your years be multiplied to my fond wishes & never know an hour of sorrow"
Lady Bristol to Lord Bristol (born #OTD 1665) on the eve of his #birthday in 1721
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#OnThisDay 1715 the House of Lords debated the impeachment of the 2nd duke of Ormond. After he failed to appear to answer the charges he was #downgraded to James Butler, Yeoman, & his arms as a Knight of the Garter in St George's Windsor taken down & pulverized
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In a not very effective effort to avoid prying eyes the duchess of Beaufort (born #OTD 1711) & her lover Lord Talbot arranged assignations in the #18thcentury equivalent of a country lay-by.
Unsurprisingly the coachmen were watching & later gave evidence against.
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"forced to grapple with a problem far beyond his statesmanship & indeed well-nigh insoluble, his career was one of disaster". Died #OnThisDay 1792 former #PrimeMinister Frederick North, 2nd earl of Guilford, better known as Lord North.
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Summer 1730 & the 1st earl of Sussex makes his will insisting that his book #collection remain at his house so 'they may be always used & enjoyed' by the owner.
The 2nd & 3rd earls died without heirs; the house was demolished.
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Grenville had considered applying for a #peerage a few years before going to the Lords, but admitted that he feared it might have "the appearance of putting myself hors de combat. I am not in the same mind about it for any 10 minutes together."
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#OnThisDay 1757 Thomas Potter was elected MP for Okehampton, completing the triangular arrangement by which he had left John Wilkes his seat at #Aylesbury after Pitt the Elder quit Okehampton for Bath
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