“Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Household of Princess Caroline 1721-27”. Institute of Historical Research.
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 |
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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... |
Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Elstob | Sarah Chapone
got up a subscription for EE
, which brought in enough money for a pension of £20 a year. Elstob's former dedicatee Queen Caroline
contributed £100 to this fund, but died before she... |
Dedications | Elizabeth Elstob | The first of these works, dedicated to Caroline, Princess of Wales
, is sometimes called the first grammar of Anglo-Saxon; in fact Elstob was preceded by her friend and patron George Hickes
, who published... |
Reception | Fidelia | Although Gentleman's Magazine poets in general have attracted attention from Anthony Barker
, and Jane Brereton
has received overdue critical notice from Sarah Prescott
, Fidelia's lack of a historical identity seems to have militated... |
Employer | Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford | Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford
, was officially appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales
. |
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. 92 |
Employer | Anne Irwin | AI
travelled to Germany, appointed by Queen Caroline
to escort Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
to England to marry the Prince of Wales
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Dedications | Mary Jones | This volume was dedicated to the Princess of Orange
: Anne, daughter of George II
and the late Queen Caroline
. The princess's mother had been a patron of MJ
's friend Martha Lovelace, later... |
Friends, Associates | Mary Jones | MJ
corresponded with Charlotte Lennox
and with publisher Ralph Griffiths
and his wife Isabella
. Her friendship was valued by literary men like Samuel Johnson
, Joseph Spence
, Thomas Warton
, and apparently Bonnell Thornton |
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. Mary, Countess Cowper,. Diary. Editor Cowper, Charles Spencer, John Murray. 6-7 |
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 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Charlotte McCarthy | The poems include reworkings of pastoral, occasional poems (one of them inscribed in a volume belonging to a friend), and comment on public affairs. The opening three, addressed to Chloe, are conventional in tone... |
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