Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - xlv.
xliv
King George III
Standard Name: George III, King
Used Form: Prince of Wales
Used Form: George the Third
Used Form: Prince George
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Scott | Scott had been appointed sub-preceptor in November 1750 to Prince George
, who next year became Prince of Wales. After their marriage, SS
and her husband moved into a house in Leicester Fields, London... |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scott | It reached a second edition within the year. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Isabella Hamilton Robinson | IHR
's father, Charles Walker
, was the local squire and a Justice of the Peace. His father was a former Accountant General to George III
. Summerscale, Kate. Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace. Bloomsbury USA. 5-6 |
| 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... |
| Publishing | Catherine Phillips | In the year of CP
's death there appeared, privately printed, her sacred poemThe Happy King, addressed to George III
. English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. |
| 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 |
| Literary responses | Hannah More | The Critical Review (to which the author's identity was no secret) said of it that HM
's narrative gift was no contemptible endowment, and that her gaiety of humour was pleasing. It did, however... |
| Dedications | Charlotte McCarthy | This too was printed for the Author. Copies cost six shillings. This appears to be the first edition, though the work had been advertised as Now ready for the Press, and will be Publish'd... |
| Dedications | Margaret Bingham, Countess Lucan | The Dublin edition has sixteen pages of close type. In a prefatory Advertisement, MBCL
says she hopes to influence the something in agitation with regard to Ireland Margaret Bingham, Countess Lucan,. Verses on the Present State of Ireland. i |
| Dedications | Charlotte Lennox | Again Johnson supplied her with a dedication (to the future George III
; a sheet of George's notes on the plays is bound into his presentation copy, now in the British Library
). The work... |
| politics | Mary Latter | ML
subscribed enthusiastically to the pro-John Wilkes
, anti-Lord Bute
views of the radical Opposition at the time of George III
's accession. She saw English society as corrupt and decadent, and looked... |
| Textual Production | Mary Latter | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Latter | The poem is in octosyllabics (or, considering the many feminine endings, in the hudibrastics of Samuel Butler
). After an opening address to the conventionally starving and scruffy nameless Grubstreet Muses!, Latter, Mary. Liberty and Interest. James Fletcher. 1 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ellis Cornelia Knight | ECK
's father, Sir Joseph Knight
, was a Rear-Admiral of the White squadron. He entered the Royal Navy
at the age of fourteen, needing a profession since his family had lost a considerable amount... |
| Dedications | Isabella Kelly | IK
's Minerva Press
novel Eva was advertised as just published. It was dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester
(wife of George III
's next-but-one brother, William Henry
, unacknowledged by the royal family because... |
Timeline
1780: Sir David Hamilton was knighted by King George...
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1780
Sir David Hamilton
was knighted by King George III
: the first obstetrician to be so honoured.
1780: James Harrison (hitherto chiefly known as...
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1780
James Harrison
(hitherto chiefly known as a music publisher) began to issue the handsomely-produced Novelists' Magazine, a weekly serial reprinting of canonical novels.
27 February 1782: The House of Commons, on news of the British...
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27 February 1782
The House of Commons
, on news of the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, urged George III
to end the war with the United States.
19 December 1783: George III invited William Pitt the younger,...
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19 December 1783
George III
invited William Pitt
the younger, Tory leader, to form the government; Pitt
's previous ministry had been defeated on a vote in the House of Lords
.
2 August 1786: A working-class woman named Margaret Nicholson...
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2 August 1786
A working-class woman named Margaret Nicholson
tried to stab George III
with a knife outside St James's Palace; she had no political motive.
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.
5 November 1788-10 March 1789: George III's illness and palpable incapacity...
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5 November 1788-10 March 1789
George III
's illness and palpable incapacity produced the Regency Crisis: the issue was whether or not power would devolve to the Prince of Wales
.
19 February 1789: Parliament was informed that George III was...
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19 February 1789
Parliament was informed that George III
was in a state of convalescence; the Regency Bill which had passed the Commons on the 13th never completed its passage.
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.
1792: Bennelong, an Australian aboriginal who had...
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1792
Bennelong
, an Australian aboriginal who had been kidnapped by Arthur Phillip
, Governor of Australia, visited England, where he was presented to the king
.
29 October 1795: A crowd surrounded George III's coach on...
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29 October 1795
A crowd surrounded George III
's coach on its way to the state opening of parliament
; someone threw a stone.
15 May 1800: King George III narrowly escaped death when...
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15 May 1800
King George III
narrowly escaped death when a bullet aimed for him lodged in the pillar of his box at Drury Lane Theatre
.
5 February 1801: William Pitt resigned as Prime Minister after...
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5 February 1801
William Pitt
resigned as Prime Minister after failing to persuade the king
that Catholic Emancipation was a necessity for the political health of Ireland.
13 February 1801: George III's third attack of porphyria b...
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13 February 1801
George III
's third attack of porphyria began.
17 March 1801: Henry Addington (a Tory who in 1805 was created...
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17 March 1801
Henry Addington
(a Tory who in 1805 was created first Viscount Sidmouth) formed the government after William Pitt
resigned over George III
's opposition to Catholic Emancipation.
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