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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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Sarah duchess of Marlborough knew how to make a statement. Following a falling out with Lord Cornbury over #venison she dumped a dead deer outside his #London residence stating:
"I value myself more upon sincerity than anything else"
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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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Henry Addington (born #OnThisDay 1757) succeeded Pitt the Younger as #PM in 1801.
There seemed little doubt that he & his #government were minnows taking over from the giants who had preceded them.
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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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1717: bill for providing a new livery for Samuel Stubbs, the royal ratcatcher comes to £13; that for Alice Bill, the herbstrewer in ordinary, on the other hand, a mere £1 18s.
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"My master told me I don't dance firmly & strongly enough." [Dudley Ryder diary]
one for @Hillary_Burlock

The clock tower (Elizabeth Tower) proved a particular headache for Charles Barry (died #OTD 1860) & others. It went through multiple re-designs, 2 'Big Bens' & someone even suggested attaching sails to it so the clock could be powered by the wind.
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Compare the comparative modesty of the Lords' temporary chamber with Barry & Pugin's gothic fantasy 👇
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#Westminster Hall in c.1800 giving off a rather provincial town vibe
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from the collection at @YaleBritishArt