Sarah, Lady Piers,. George for Britain. A Poem. Bernard Lintott, 1714.
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John Campbell, second Duke of Argyll
Standard Name: Argyll, John Campbell,,, second Duke of
Used Form: Duke of Argyll
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Elizabeth Boyd | She dedicated it to her patron Lady Hertford
. The British Library
copy is 12604 ccc. 7. Harvard University
holds the only known copy of an undated set of subscription proposals, which is headed Any... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Boyd | She nevertheless accumulated a remarkable list of patrons for someone without obvious connections or advantages. She mentions real interest taken in her and her writing by John, second Duke of Argyll
, William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington |
| politics | Mary, Countess Cowper | The Whig party underwent various travails during MCC
's time in politics. In December 1716 and April 1717, when Lord Townshend
(brother-in-law of Robert Walpole
) was dismissed first from one and then from another... |
| Publishing | Lady Louisa Stuart | LLS
's Some Account of John, Duke of Argyll
, and his Family was posthumously printed for private circulation at London by Clowes
in 1863, and in the memoirs of Lady Mary Coke
(Argyll's youngest... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sarah, Lady Piers | But she moves on from celebration to warning: the human race is fallen, and a ruler needs to guard against ambition (This second Paradise, oh hazard not), |
Timeline
13 November 1715
The Duke of Argyll
fought the rebellious Jacobite forces at Sheriffmuir in Scotland.
Around late February 1742
A woman named Margaret Ogle
published, with her name, two versesatires on Walpole's fall from power: Mordecai Triumphant, or, the Fall of Haman prime minister of state to King Ahasuerus: an heroic poem and The...
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