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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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"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

1718 Carr Lord Hervey (older brother of John) wrote to Henrietta from Aswarby complaining "we can find no other employment here but riding & walking about all day which unluckily gives us too good appetites for the slender diet my guests & I commonly meet with"

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2019-08-20

Gillray, who was born 1756, caricatured the great & the good as well as depicting social scenes & more surreal subjects. He is particularly valuable for students of for his depictions of MPs mid-flow in the old House of Commons
https://t.co/ujT9ygCEKc

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2019-08-13

Born 1756 in James Gillray, pre-eminent caricaturist of the period

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2019-08-13

Died 1743 John, Lord Hervey, courtier, wit & author of notorious memoirs that have shaped how the early Georgians have been viewed for generations.
https://t.co/sH4SQlflKP

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2019-08-05

Died 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, unmistakable artist of the He is supposed to have painted this portrait of William Wollaston c.1759; a decade later Wollaston became MP for Read more about him below: https://t.co/c3nbkv7eon

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2019-08-02

Gloucester's birth, just months after the 'Glorious Revolution' had represented the stability of the new regime but he suffered from a number of maladies & his brief life was nicely summed up in the ode composed by Purcell in 1695

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2019-07-30

Died 300 years ago Meinhard Schomberg, 3rd duke of Schomberg. His father had been granted an English peerage by William III as a reward for his services in the Glorious Revolution. The 3rd duke failed to attend the Lords after 1715, unable to bear the fatigue

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2019-07-05

1660 Charles II staged his formal entry into marking his restoration to the throne.
The event was carefully timed to coincide with his 30th

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2019-05-29

Born 1717 David Garrick, actor & impresario, a key figure in reviving interest in the plays of

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2019-02-19