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The Funeral of Horatio Nelson took place 1806. The day before, the Master and Wardens of the Drapers Company accompanied the Lord Mayor in the flotilla which escorted Nelson’s body from Greenwich to Whitehall. Painting by Daniel Turner .

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2023-01-10

The Moggster gets tough on those work-shy commies in [Telegraph Wednesday 20/4/22]

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2022-04-20

1688 James II's humiliations reached a new low when his letter from Faversham was read out to the provisional at Whitehall. He complained of being stopped by 'a rabble of seamen, fishermen & others' who had taken all of his money.

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2021-12-14

May 14, 1685 the news of Argyll's departure from Orkney arrives in Edinburgh. It is sent by fast packet boat to Whitehall. The Militia is mobilised and Scotland prepares for war.

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2020-05-14