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King William III
Standard Name: William III, King
Used Form: William of Orange
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Lady Rachel Russell | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Singer Rowe | It gathered together published and unpublished work (some written at boarding-school) both religious and secular: hymns, epistles, odes, pastorals (including an imitation of Anne Killigrew
and an elegy for Queen Mary
), praise of King William |
| Friends, Associates | Catharine Colace Ross | CCR
offered support and concern to Thomas Hog
(a minister near Auldearn on the Moray Firth, who ended up as a royal chaplain to King William
) while he was being persecuted for his... |
| Literary Setting | Emma Robinson | This was set in the days when the Dutch Protestants in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium and part of northern France), led by William of Orange
(that is, William the Silent, 1533-84), rebelled... |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | |
| Textual Production | Mary Pix | He had been a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III
, and at the time of his death was one of the Commissioners for the Union of Scotland with England. Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press. 2: 431-2 |
| Textual Features | Mary Pix | The tendency of the story is anti-Catholic, but criticism is also levelled against the king
's favourites. |
| Literary Setting | Ouida | The title piece is set during the Glorious Revolution and begins just before James II
is forced from the throne by William of Orange
. The story's characters naturally take the romantic side: as Jacobites... |
| Occupation | Dorothy Osborne | DO
also visited Brussels and the Hague, for the purpose of diplomatic negotiation on the affairs of the royal family. She was instrumental in arranging the marriage of William
and Mary. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Literary responses | Charlotte O'Conor Eccles | Once again reviewers (as quoted at the back of The Matrimonial Lottery) were delighted with these [c]lever studies of Irish life and character. The Athenæum praised especially those stories which reflected first-hand knowledge (with... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grisell Murray | George was part of William of Orange
's 1689 expedition to claim the throne of England, which was almost shipwrecked on the way. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under George Baillie |
| Textual Features | M. Marsin | The title-page of the first of these explains that it is laid down in a plain, and easie method, fitted to the understanding of the meanest reader. English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. |
| Dedications | M. Marsin | Two Sorts of Latter Days is dedicated to the king
. Burns, William E. “’By Him the Women will be delivered from that Bondage, which some has found intolerable’: M. Marsin, English Millenarian Feminist”. Eighteenth-Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol. 1 , pp. 19-38. 21 |
| politics | M. Marsin | She was a strong Whig, that is, a supporter of William III
. |
| Dedications | M. Marsin | The full title goes on for an extended paragraph. This tract was dedicated to King William
. Burns, William E. “’By Him the Women will be delivered from that Bondage, which some has found intolerable’: M. Marsin, English Millenarian Feminist”. Eighteenth-Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol. 1 , pp. 19-38. 21 |
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20 September 1697: The Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years...
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20 September 1697
The Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years War: only nine years of peace followed.
April 1698: Jeremy Collier published his Short View of...
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April 1698
Jeremy Collier
published his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, a book in heavy-handed pamphlet style with exaggerated typography.
7 December 1698: Edward Rigby, a naval captain, was prosecuted...
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7 December 1698
Edward Rigby, a naval captain, was prosecuted for sodomy with William Minton, whom he had picked up at a fireworks display and taken to a tavern.
20 February 1702: William III broke his collar-bone when his...
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20 February 1702
William III
broke his collar-bone when his horse stumbled on a mole-hill; this was the ultimate cause of his death the following month.
8 March 1702: King William III died and Queen Anne assumed...
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8 March 1702
King William III
died and Queen Anne
assumed the throne; she was crowned on 23 April, which was Charles II
's coronation day as well as St George's Day.
5 November 1709: Henry Sacheverell preached a notorious sermon...
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5 November 1709
Henry Sacheverell
preached a notorious sermon at St Paul's Cathedral challenging the 1688 settlement of the succession.
1723: Dr Thomas Bray, who had founded the Society...
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1723
Dr Thomas Bray
, who had founded the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
, used a bequest from a Dutch secretary to William III
to found Dr Bray's Associates
, an organization supporting parochial libraries...
Late 1739: There was published, bearing the date of...
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Late 1739
There was published, bearing the date of 1740, The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian Davies
, commonly call'd Mother Ross. Taken from her own mouth, the story of a woman cross-dressing to be a soldier.
4 November 1789: Richard Price delivered a sermon at the Old...
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4 November 1789
Richard Price
delivered a sermon at the Old Jewry Meeting House, London, to mark the anniversary of the Revolution of 1688 and celebrate the revolutionary spirit of France.
12 August-3 September 1821: The newly-crowned George IV visited Ireland...
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12 August-3 September 1821
The newly-crowned George IV
visited Ireland (the first British monarch to do so since William III
made war there), and was rapturously received in Dublin.
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