Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray.
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Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Boyle | MB
's mother, Caroline Emilia (Poyntz) Boyle
(whose second name her daughter spells Amelia) held the position of bed-chamber woman to Queen Charlotte
. Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray. 4, 30 |
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 |
Friends, Associates | Mary Delany | Back in England in her second widowhood, MD
was a frequent visitor to her lifelong, very close friend the Duchess of Portland
. The duchess, an amateur scientist of unusual talent and achievement, brought MD |
Friends, Associates | Mary Delany | MD
continued to make new friends late in life (though she was said to have declined to meet Hester Thrale
). Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press. 60 |
Leisure and Society | Lady Eleanor Butler | By now the Plas Newydd grounds of Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the Ladies of Llangollen, were so famous that, by request, they sent plans to Queen Charlotte
. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Michael Joseph. 108n |
Literary responses | Barbara Hofland | This work materially furthered BH
's career, since Queen Charlotte
admired it enough to give the author permission to dedicate a future book to her. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Occupation | Ellis Cornelia Knight | Lady Aylesbury or Ailesbury
, a senior lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte
, informed ECK
of the queen's desire for her too to be employed at court, without specific duties other than that... |
Occupation | Mary Delany | Queen Charlotte
, a personal friend of MD
, recorded Delany's gift to her of one of her most remarkable artefacts, an album of cut-paper portrait silhouettes, which Delany had done from life. Pelling, Madeleine. “Crafting Friendship: Mary Delany’s Album and Queen Charlotte’s Pocketbook”. Journal 18, a journal of eighteenth-century art and culture. |
Occupation | Ellis Cornelia Knight | |
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... |
Occupation | Frances Burney | FB
betook herself, with a visit en route to Mary Delany
, to begin her work as Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte
. Doody, Margaret Anne. Frances Burney: The Life in the Works. Cambridge University Press. 171 |
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 |
Publishing | Olaudah Equiano | OE
delivered a petition to Queen Charlotte
, on behalf of my African brethren, for ending the slave trade. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Publishing | Cassandra, Lady Hawke | It seems to have been a success, judging from a Dublin edition and a French translation the same year, and a German translation in 1789. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 439 |
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 |
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