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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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In 1747 Lord Fitzwalter sacked one of his footmen, Charles Woollam: 'an idle, stupid, drunken, good-for-nothing fellow' - but he still gave him his wages in full to the sum of £2 19s. 6d.

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2021-08-17

HMS Happy, one of 4 similar 8-gun sloops of war.
Unfortunately the ship & crew had an unhappy end, being lost, wrecked off the Norfolk coast 10 years after commissioning.

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2021-08-12

30 July 1794 was a busy day for George III: 10am left arriving Kew at noon; 12.45 left for back to Kew by 6.30; at 7 off in the 'sociable' with the queen for a drive round Richmond Park; back by 9, work till 10, supper, bed by 11.

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2021-07-30

William of Gloucester (died 1700) had complained of a sore throat at his birthday celebrations on the 24th, on the 26th he had a fever & on the 27th 'went into delirium with short broken sleep & incoherent talk'... he died early on the 30th.

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2021-07-30

18th-century style: in 1794 the royal family went to where a typical day was: morning walking on the esplanade, back to read for 3 hours, dinner, more reading, back onto the esplanade where we 'met those we saw in the morning'

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2021-07-15

1782 Edmund Burke (died 1797) addressed following the death of Rockingham & appointment of Shelburne as "Would any man in his sober senses try whether a wolf would agree with lambs?"

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2021-07-09

Pitt the Elder speaking in a (very) socially distanced House of Commons

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2021-07-06

Summer 1786 - John Wilkes claimed to be 'too far exhausted' to last the whole debate on Warren Hastings' role in the Rohilla War, which didn't end till 8am next morning, so 'paired off at 11 on Friday night' & next day headed for Brighton

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2021-07-01

The King was criticized for wearing a Hanoverian rather than British sash, but this was subtly corrected in the paintings commemorating the battle
https://t.co/BF6UeTWOrs

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2021-06-28

In summer 1784 Polly Wilkes was in & clearly gasping for a good cup of Wilkes undertook to smuggle some out to her warning 'It must go in small parcels, as it is strongly prohibited'

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2021-06-26