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George II surprisingly critical of fox-hunting as a pursuit - criticizing the duke of Grafton for 'tormenting a poor fox, that was generally a much better beast than any of those that pursued him...'
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The very moment George IV was crowned in #Westminster Abbey #OnThisDay 1821.
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Caption: we are going to need a bigger parasol
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Born #OnThisDay 1641 Meinhard Schomberg, 3rd & last duke of Schomberg.
Significant military figure under William III - he survived into George I's reign & at his death was honoured with interment in the Henry VII chapel at @wabbey.
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The same person?
Anne, countess of Northampton by Thomas Hudson & Lady Northampton, attributed to Jean-Etienne Liotard...
Not impossible but some striking differences.
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The last of the Wilkites was said to have been one of Wilkes's old servants called Guest, who survived to 1834.
On occasion he used to don an old mourning coat Wilkes had bequeathed him & tramp the streets of Aylesbury crying out "Wilkes and Liberty"
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Interesting how many peers pleaded concerns of a smallpox outbreak to avoid turning out for the trials of the Jacobite lords captured during the 45 rebellion.
We'll be blogging about this early next month. Stay tuned!
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#OnThisDay 1794 the #RoyalFamily went to the opera to hear the famous Italian soprano Brigida Giorgi Banti perform in two pieces - one serious & one comic.
At the end, Banti sang God Save the King 'as if she were a native of England'
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Died #OnThisDay 1758 William Collier MP for Truro, theatre proprietor & heavy drinker:
‘I can’t say Collier is entirely in the land of the living, for it is his hour of being very drunk, but as much of him as live is entirely devoted to you’.
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