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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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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

Horace Walpole assured a friend "You may like to know one is alive... after a massacre & the conflagration of a capital... the most horrible sight I ever beheld & which for 6 hours together I expected to end in half the town being reduced to ashes

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2019-06-19

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

Currently battling some of the challenges of phonetic spellings & impenetrable nicknames. Lady Bristol referred to Lord Bathurst as Batters which is clear enough but the duke of Richmond had a friend known only as Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha which is a tougher nut to crack

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2019-01-24

19 1717 Bishop Gibson wishes Bishop Nicolson "as cheerful a as can be expected amidst the daily alarms you will receive of prohibiting minced pies and such other ungodly Diet"

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2018-12-21

Bristol's niece Mrs Dillon was critical of her uncle. He "cares for nothing but himself, & therefore being gratified in every wish he has, could not be otherwise, unfeeling others' woes". As a member of & an Irish bishop he is going to be a challenge!

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2018-11-07