Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England

Standard Name: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,, Queen of England
Used Form: Queen Charlotte Sophia
Used Form: Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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Occupation Susanna Wright
SW became widely known for her various activities. She not only took care of her family (and later the family of her brother James) but also raised silkworms on a large scale, and was regarded...
Dedications Helen Maria Williams
HMW published her Poems, with about 1570 subscribers, dedicated to Queen Charlotte .
The British Library Catalogue on-line lists two volumes of separately-issued Sonnets, 11644.bb.10 and 011604.ee.65, no date or details given.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
62 (1786): 62
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Dedications Lady Mary Walker
LMW said she wrote this book in her nursery, surrounded by her children, to earn money after her first husband left her. She also says she was persuaded by friends to publish.
Walker, Lady Mary. Letters from the Duchess de Crui and Others. Robson.
1: v
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Years...
Family and Intimate relationships Queen Victoria
QV 's father, Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent , was a son of domestic and high-minded parents, George III and Queen Charlotte , but since their day the House of Hanover had become renowned for...
Friends, Associates Frances Trollope
It took several years for the Trollopes' financial difficulties to turn into a financial catastrophe, and during those years, FT entertained many friends and acquaintances, including Lady Milman , whose husband had been Queen Charlotte
Residence Frances Trollope
She visited Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and the battlefield of Waterloo. She also visited Charlemagne 's cathedral at Aiz-la-Chapelle or Aachen, as well as the Rhine and surrounding region...
Dedications Sarah Trimmer
It was issued by a group of publishers: Longman , the Robinsons , and Joseph Johnson .
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
The whole title was a long one: The Œconomy of Charity; or, an Address to Ladies concerning Sunday-Schools...
Occupation Sarah Trimmer
ST went to advise Queen Charlotte , who wished to establish Sunday Schools in Windsor.
Trimmer, Sarah. Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Trimmer. F.C and J. Rivington and J. Johnson, and J. Hatchard.
1: 120
Dedications Mary Stockdale
She claimed that her father insisted she should publish it. She dedicated it to Queen Charlotte , though adding that it was too sad for Charlotte's ears.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
2nd ser. 22 (1798): 352
Textual Production Sarah Scott
It reached a second edition within the year.
Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - xlv.
xliv
Its full title is The History of Mecklenburgh, from the First Settlement of the Vandals in that Country, to the Present Time; Including a Period of...
Textual Production Mary Robinson
MR composed two remarkable political poems: The Birth-Day (about public celebrations for Queen Charlotte ) and January 1795, about the month's headline news.
Curran, Stuart. “Mary Robinson and the New Lyric”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
9
, No. 1, pp. 9-22.
12-13
Textual Production Adelaide O'Keeffe
The dedication imagines writers aspiring to the honour of influencing the baby Charlotte: I taught the maid! cries each exulting Muse.
O’Keeffe, Adelaide. Llewellin. Cawthorn.
prelims
It praises the royal family indiscriminately: the present king and queen , and...
Reception Hannah More
This work became an overnight best-seller. Queen Charlotte dismissed her Sunday hairdresser. A fifth edition was needed by April, and two more followed within a few more months. All had large print-runs.
Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press.
109, 104
The...
Dedications Jean Marishall
Francis and John Noble were important circulating library proprietors as well as publishers. The dedication to the young queen is signed with JM 's initials. Another edition followed the next year: Marishall said she saw...
Dedications Jean Marishall
Again JM dedicated her novel to the queen , but this time she hardly knew whether or not it had been presented at court (perhaps, she said, the Duchess of Ancaster had done this). She...

Timeline

20 May 1761: George III consented to marry Princess Charlotte...

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20 May 1761

George III consented to marry Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ; formal proposals began.

8 July 1761: The engagement of George III and Princess...

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8 July 1761

The engagement of George III and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was announced at a Privy Council meeting.

22 September 1761: King George III and Queen Charlotte were...

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22 September 1761

King George III and Queen Charlotte were crowned; Horace Walpole and Thomas Gray each left a vivid account of the occasion, while Catherine Talbot wrote a prose poem about non-attendance, about spending a festal day...

11 June 1788: George III, at the resort town of Cheltenham,...

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11 June 1788

George III , at the resort town of Cheltenham, publicly suffered preliminary symptoms leading up to his second attack of porphyria, which began on 17 October.

23 April 1789: A solemn service of thanksgiving for the...

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23 April 1789

A solemn service of thanksgiving for the recovery of George III was held in St Paul's Cathedral.

9 June 1792: Gillray published a remarkable political...

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9 June 1792

Gillray published a remarkable political cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil: personified versions of Queen Charlotte , William Pitt , and Lord Thurlow .

1812: The Ladies' Royal Benevolent Society was...

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1812

The Ladies' Royal Benevolent Society was founded, to provide charity to London's poor.

June 1816: Lady Isabella King opened at Bailbrook House...

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June 1816

Lady Isabella King opened at Bailbrook House near Bath a communal home for single gentlewomen (or Protestant nunnery): a project going back to Mary Astell , which King picked up from Sarah Scott 's Millenium Hall.

November 1818: George III's wife, Queen Charlotte, died...

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November 1818

George III 's wife, Queen Charlotte , died.

9 June 1819: The library of the late Queen Charlotte was...

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9 June 1819

The library of the late Queen Charlotte was auctioned by Christie's ; it included Jane Austen 's works, plus titles by Catherine Cuthbertson , Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , Christian Isobel Johnstone , Alethea Lewis

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