Caroline of Anspach, Queen of England

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...

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...

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...

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...

Frances Seymour, Countess of Hertford , was officially appointed a Lady of the Bedchamber to Caroline, Princess of Wales .

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...

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.

AI travelled to Germany, appointed by Queen Caroline to escort Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha to England to marry the Prince of Wales .

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

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...

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...

MCC supported the Whig party, in which her husband, Lord Cowper, was a leading player. He resigned as Lord Chancellor on 23 September 1710 when the Tories came to...

MCC made some good friends at Court. She was particularly fond of Charlotte Clayton (later Lady Sundon) . Her close relationship with Penelope Schutz (née Madan) became a liability when Penelope fell out of favour...

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.

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...