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"Make way for the Minister, Take care of your pockets"
Pitt the Younger heading to the House of Commons - budget announcement style

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2021-10-27

Born 1756, Sir John Newport, MP for Waterford 1803-1832.

Appointed Irish chancellor of the exchequer in his friend Lord Grenville’s ministry, Newport supported parliamentary reform and Catholic relief throughout his career.
Read his bio: https://t.co/DrkuBTYyWy

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2021-10-25

Born 1758 Horace (Horatio) Nelson, 5th son (3rd surviving) of Edmund & Catherine Nelson, who went on to become a rather famous Admiral & member of the House of Lords as Viscount Nelson

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2021-09-30

"The Coalition Minuet": Charles James Fox and Lord North (in drag) take to the floor while Lord Chancellor Thurlow accompanies them on the bagpipes.
One for perhaps?

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2021-09-24

The commander of the government forces at Prestonpans, Sir John (Johnny) Cope, had been a Member of until 1741, representing a series of government boroughs.
His experience in the 1745 rebellion wrecked his reputation.
1745

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2021-09-21

Here at the Georgian Lords we are totting up our latest set of articles. New entries include the earl of Wilmington, the 2nd British & the 6th earl of Haddington, who towards the end declared "my heart is with you...but I find I am quite wore out"

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2021-09-17

Charles James Fox (died 1806) had been a follower of the marquess of Rockingham alongside Edmund Burke. He & Burke's very public falling out over the French Revolution left Fox in tears when replying to his old friend in

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2021-09-13

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

the Georgian Lords passed 9,000 tweets since setting up shop in May 2017.
How did that happen?

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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 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

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

1794 there was no drawing room at court, so Queen Charlotte dressed at 1pm & then spent the time till dinner sitting for her portrait - possibly this one by Gainsborough of that year...

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2021-04-17

One of the odder depictions of John Wilkes, here presented as Hercules cleaning the Augean Stables, produced in anticipation of his expected return to in 1768 & his claim to wish to clear out

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2021-04-15

"You will be entertained with a prophecy which my Lord Chesterfield has found in the 35th chapter of Ezekiel, which clearly promises us victory over the French"
Horace Walpole to Richard Bentley, 1755

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2021-04-13