Cowper, Mary, Countess. Diary. Editor Cowper, Charles Spencer, John Murray, 1864.
6-7
Caroline of Anspach Queen of England
Standard Name: Caroline of Anspach,, Queen of England
Used Form: Princess of Wales
Used Form: Princess Caroline
Used Form: Caroline Princess of Wales
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Mary Countess Cowper | In the distribution of favours that marked King George
's accession, MCC
was appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to his daughter-in-law Caroline of Anspach
, now Princess of Wales. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Mary Countess Cowper | On her appointment as Lady in Waiting to Caroline of Anspach
, the new Princess of Wales, MCC
began keeping a private diary to record the true version of what went on at Court, in... |
| politics | Mary Countess Cowper | MCC
supported the Whig party, in which her husband, Lord Cowper, was a leading player. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under William, first Earl Cowper |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Countess Cowper | MCC
made some good friends at Court. She was particularly fond of Charlotte Clayton (later Lady Sundon)
. Her close relationship with |
| Employer | Frances Seymour Countess of Hertford | Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
, was officially appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales
. “Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Household of Princess Caroline 1721-27”. Institute of Historical Research. |
| Residence | Frances Seymour Countess of Hertford | When Lady Hertford and her husband were married they had a London town house in Albemarle Street (close to Bond Street) as well as a country estate at Marlborough in Wiltshire. Marlborough Castle, as... |
| Friends, Associates | Frances Seymour Countess of Hertford | She and Lady Pomfret
(another amateur writer) together mourned for the death of Queen Caroline
, who had been their admired friend as well as their employer. Hughes, Helen Sard. The Gentle Hertford, Her Life and Letters. Macmillan, 1940. 92 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Margravine of Anspach | This scandal-sheet made a point of de Guïnes' support for the rebellious American colonists, and of Lord Craven having married his wife without receiving a fortune appropriate to his own wealth; each of these facts... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Margravine of Anspach | Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth
, sprang from a petty ruling family in Germany. He was a nephew both of Frederick the Great of Prussia
and of Queen Caroline
, wife of George... |
| Textual Production | Mary Barber | Somebody signing Swift
's name, possibly MB
herself, addressed to Queen Caroline
a letter fulsomely praising Barber's writings and requesting patronage. The name of Matthew Pilkington
, though not yet put forward, seems a natural... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Barber | Here a mother teaching her children out of Gay's Fables, 1727, finds her fav'rite Son so moved by the tale of the hare and many friends that she has to assure him that if... |
| Publishing | Mary Barber | He concluded, let Mrs Howard
know that I recommend you to the Queen
, qtd. in Stewart, Wendy. “The Poetical Trade of Favours: Swift, Mary Barber, and the Counterfeit Letters”. Lumen, Vol. xviii , 1999, pp. 155-74. 170 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Boyd | After the death of Queen Caroline
, EB
addressed a poem on this event to the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole
: The Vision; or, The Royal Mourners, A Poem. Boyd, Elizabeth. The Vision; or, The Royal Mourners. 1737. |
| Publishing | Jane Brereton | In the Gentleman's Magazine, Edward Cave
announced his competition for a poem on the busts of British worthies set up in Queen Caroline
's Cave or Grotto at Richmond. Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. 3 (1733): 208 |
| Textual Production | Jane Brereton |
Timeline
April 1717: The Prince of Wales critically antagonized...
National or international item
April 1717
The Prince of Wales
critically antagonized his father, George I
, by arrogating too much power to himself.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
1: 26, 29
17 June 1721: Newspapers reported the royal plan for an...
Building item
17 June 1721
Newspapers reported the royal plan for an experiment as to the safety of inoculation against smallpox, to be conducted on inmates of Newgate Prison
in London.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
211 and n30
Winslow, Ola Elizabeth. A Destroying Angel: The Conquest of Smallpox in Colonial Boston. Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
62-3
Razzell, Peter E. The Conquest of Smallpox. Caliban Books, 1977.
ix
9 August 1721: Charles Maitland, under the patronage of...
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9 August 1721
Charles Maitland
, under the patronage of Princess Caroline
, experimentally inoculated six Newgate
prisoners (three of each sex) against smallpox.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
213
21 April 1722: The first alleged death from smallpox inoculation...
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21 April 1722
The first alleged death from smallpox inoculation followed by only four days the inoculation of two royal princesses (daughters of Princess Caroline
).
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
215
Winslow, Ola Elizabeth. A Destroying Angel: The Conquest of Smallpox in Colonial Boston. Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
63
20 January 1724: Elizabeth Harrison wrote for publication,...
Women writers item
20 January 1724
Elizabeth Harrison
wrote for publication, with her name, A Letter to Mr. John Gay
, On his Tragedy, call'd The Captives. To which is annex'd a copy of verses to the Princess.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
19 June 1725: Dorothy Stanley, née Milborne, published...
Women writers item
19 June 1725
Dorothy Stanley
, née Milborne, published by subscription Sir Philip Sidney
's Arcadia Moderniz'd, in four books (coinciding with the thirteenth edition of the original romance).
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Mitchell, Marea. “Dorothy Stanleys Enterprise: Sir Philip Sidneys Arcadia Modernizd (1725)”. Sidney Journal, No. 28, 2010, pp. 63-76.
Mitchell, Marea. “Awakening Other Spirits: Dorothy Stanleys Arcadia and the Apparatus of Authorship”. Parergon, No. 29, 2012, pp. 113-31.
By 11 September 1730: Stephen Duck published The Thresher's Labour,...
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By 11 September 1730
Stephen Duck
published The Thresher's Labour, a georgic poem that was unique as an account of labour by a labouring man.
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.
By September 1735: Merlin's Cave at Richmond in Surrey, brainchild...
Building item
By September 1735
Merlin's Cave at Richmond in Surrey, brainchild of Queen Caroline
, was opened to the public.
Backscheider, Paula R. “The Shadow of an Author: Eliza Haywood”. Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Vol.
11
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 79-102. 97-8
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
5 (1735): 532
15 April 1736: The Porteous Riots occurred in Edinburgh...
National or international item
15 April 1736
The Porteous Riots occurred in Edinburgh.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
338
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
984
20 November 1737: Caroline of Anspach, Queen of England, died...
National or international item
20 November 1737
Caroline of Anspach
, Queen of England, died of a rupture after eleven days of excruciating illness.
Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999.
370-1
By 2 April 1756: Stephen Duck, the poet and former farm labourer...
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By 2 April 1756
Stephen Duck
, the poet and former farm labourer who had been taken up by patrons including Queen Caroline
and supplied with a living as a clergyman, drowned himself in the trout stream behind the...
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