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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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2021-06-25

When Sir Robert Walpole fell from power one satirist had a field day depicting him evacuating all the offices he controlled. Among those lurking in the background under the legend "we come in now" was Bishop Smalbroke who clearly hoped to cash in

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2021-06-24

1780 Lord George Gordon was arrested at 6 in the evening. He was sent to on a charge of high treason for inciting the that had transfixed since the 2nd

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2021-06-09

1794 the royal family went to the opera to hear 'the famous singer' Brigida Giorgi Branti. She rounded off the evening with a rendition of God Save the King 'as if she were a native of England'

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2021-06-03

1662 Samuel Pepys (who died 1703) took his wife to see Marlowe's Dr Faustus at the Red Bull 'but so wretchedly & poorly done, that we were sick of it'

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2021-05-26

1794 there was a session in the House of Lords as they debated the Habeas Corpus bill, sitting till 2 the next morning... It passed with a thumping majority of almost 100.

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2021-05-22

Queen Charlotte celebrated her 50th on 19 May 1794 dancing till 4 in the morning at The King was back up & on the road to Kew at half past 9 & the Queen up by 10 for breakfast

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2021-05-20

June 1732 the Prince of Wales & others attend the Ridotto al Fresco at Vauxhall. The Prince calls it a night at 2am, but most of the party-goers carry on for another 3 hours

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2021-05-07

Entertaining blog from our colleagues upstairs in on the role of pubs, drink & drunkenness in including the case of one character who pitched forward head-first into a privy & was stuck by the shoulders for several hours...
https://t.co/tnrT6aLnVE

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2021-04-26