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The History of Parliament's House of Lords 1660-1832 section, researching the #Lords in the #C18th; currently working on 1715-90 #Georgian #Parliament #HistParl
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Making the final touches to entry on Bishop Trelawny & struck by MG Smith's conclusion in 'Fighting Joshua':
"Like the his [Trelawny's] theology was uncomplicated, unadaptable & very vulnerable"

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2019-10-22

The liaison had created a political crisis & York's associate Charles Berkeley (later earl of Falmouth) apparently suggested a brutal solution: he offered to kidnap & murder mother & child.
Fortunately, no one listened to him.
Read more in our Lords 1660-1715 entry on York.

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2019-10-22

Before elevation to the Lords Devonshire (who died 1764) had a 10-year career in the Commons, where he was a vigorous supporter of Walpole. He campaigned to keep Sir Robert in power decrying the ‘parcel of such shabby fellows who will not attend’ to help the cause

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2019-10-03

A new reporting period & a new list of Georgian Lords to start drafting.
First out of the gate is Charles Fitzroy, duke of Southampton & Cleveland, son of Charles II & Barbara Villiers.
Even his mother thought him 'a very kockish idle boy'

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2019-10-01

The end of another reporting period, so totting up the new articles produced for the Georgian Lords: they include 'the Bug' duke of Kent; Viscount Cobham, creator of Stowe; Sir William Dawes, archbishop of York & the last of his line: Meinhard 3rd, duke of Schomberg

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2019-09-30

In honour of the anniversary of the death of Charles James Fox, 1806, another chance to read 's blog on the 1788 election:
https://t.co/q6EYOJBT8k

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2019-09-13

With talk of a current (in spite of the last 2 votes in another opportunity to read one of our earlier blogs on 'how to get elected' in the
https://t.co/yvVlLxWmM4

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2019-09-12

The Great Fire of broke out 1666.
Lord Craven was one of those to help fight the blaze & afterwards appointed himself unofficial 'fire marshal' for the city. He also offered to fund rebuilding the Royal Exchange out of his own pocket

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2019-09-02

Born 1676 Robert Walpole, ?first of Great Britain. Over the years he acquired various epithets among them 'Leviathan' & 'Colossus'. On his fall from power he was made earl of Orford
https://t.co/pqoeFVVVJ0

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2019-08-26

"You have often seen & I have as often made you observe Lyttelton's distinguished inattention & awkwardness. Wrapped up, like a Laputan, in intense thought, & possibly sometimes in no thought at all...
Chesterfield on Lord Lyttelton who died 1773

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2019-08-22