Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975.
King George II
Standard Name: George II, King
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Mary Jones | This volume was dedicated to the Princess of Orange
: Anne, daughter of George II
and the late Queen Caroline
. The princess's mother had been a patron of MJ
's friend Martha Lovelace, later... |
| Dedications | Elizabeth Boyd | EB
published with her name Verses most humbly inscrib'd to His Majesty King George IId.
on his Birth-Day. |
| Dedications | Mary Chandler | The British Library
copy is 11630 h. 7. This edition was inscribed to Princess Amelia
(one of George II
's daughters, who had twice visited Bath). Chandler, Mary. A Description of Bath. James Leake, 1733. title-page |
| Dedications | Mary Davys | This comedy was printed the next month, with an illustration of one of its scenes, and a dedication to Princess Anne
, daughter of the future George II
—a sound Whig choice. Monthly Catalogue, 1714 - 1717. Bernard Lintot. Bowden, Martha F., and Mary Davys. “Introduction”. The Reform’d Coquet; or, Memoirs of Amoranda; Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady; and, The Accomplish’d Rake; or, Modern Fine Gentleman, University Press of Kentucky, 1999, p. ix - xlix. xix |
| Other Life Event | Mary Barber | Charged with scandalising and vilifying the king and government (George II
and Sir Robert Walpole
), she was out on bail on 2 February. The accusation (for which the penalty ranged from a fine... |
| politics | Eliza Haywood | EH
's political allegiance may have been dictated by the need to make a living, or by taking a satirical view of successive centres of political enthusiasm. She wrote opportunistic satire on George II
while... |
| politics | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | She frequented both of the incompatible court circles—those of the king and of the Prince
and Princess of Wales
—apparently in search of a power base. |
| politics | Mary Caesar | |
| Publishing | Margaret Oliphant | MO
published in Blackwoods her Historical Sketches of the Reign of George II, whose subjects include Queen Caroline
(his wife) and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
. Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press, 1995. 341 |
| Textual Features | Mary Latter | Here the solitary, sorrowing Muse is roused by beams of light and a seraphic vision announcing that This Day—illustrious George
becomes a Sire! Latter, Mary. A Lyric Ode. C. Bathurst, 1763. v |
| Textual Features | Charlotte McCarthy | CMC
here uses a jaunty six-line stanza to complain of corrupt politicians. She also uses some scurrility. Feminist Companion Archive. |
| Textual Production | Penelope Aubin | PA
's History of Genghizcan the Great, translated from the French of François Pétis de la Croix
, appeared in 1722, dedicated to the Prince of Wales
. Both Debbie Welham
and Eighteenth-Century Collections... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Boyd | EB
published an anonymous pamphlet containing her two poems on George II
's victory at the battle of Dettingen on 16 June. Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975. |
| Textual Production | Grisell Murray | Few of GM
's letters survive, but in winter 1737-8 she was writing to her uncle Alexander, Earl of Marchmont
(the little brother Sandy of her memoir about her mother). Murray, Grisell. Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie of Jerviswood and of Lady Grisell Baillie. 1822. 38 |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | The first-named is George I
's rejected queen
(accused of adultery and imprisoned for life before her husband came to the English throne, while her alleged lover
was assassinated). The protagonist of the second novel... |
Timeline
3 December 1716
The new Prince of Wales
requested a special performance of Otway
's Venice Preserved including the Nicky Nacky scenes, which it had become usual to cut.
April 1717
The Prince of Wales
critically antagonized his father, George I
, by arrogating too much power to himself.
17 June 1721
Newspapers reported the royal plan for an experiment as to the safety of inoculation against smallpox, to be conducted on inmates of Newgate Prison
in London.
23 April 1723
The Prince of Wales
was formally reconciled with his father, George I
.
11 June 1727
King George I
died and George II
assumed the throne.
28 November 1727
After elections and the dissolution of the previous parliament on 5 August, the new parliament (obligatory on the accession of a new sovereign
) was called for this date.
December 1728
George II
's eldest son, then Frederick Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Lunenburg
, arrived in England for the first time.
November 1732
The first settlers for the new colony of Georgia (for which James Edward Oglethorpe
had that year secured a charter from George II
) set sail. They landed in February 1733.
White, Evelyn. Alice Walker. A Life. Norton, 2004.
4-5
2 July 1737
The Opposition paper The Craftsman published excerpts from Shakespeare
's King John which were designed to reflect obloquy on the conduct of George II
.
14 August 1737
September 1737
George II
, in a repeat of his father's actions, publicly broke with his heir, the Prince of Wales
, who thereafter formed a focus for political Opposition.
20 November 1737
Caroline of Anspach
, Queen of England, died of a rupture after eleven days of excruciating illness.
16 June 1743
George II
, against advice, led the British troops in person at the battle of Dettingen.
15 November 1743
George II
was enthusiastically welcomed to London, with illuminations and bonfires, on his return from his victorious campaign in Europe.
16 April 1746
The (mostly Highland) forces of Charles Edward Stuart
, and with them the Jacobite cause, were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in Scotland by forces (mostly English) loyal to George II
, led by...