Lloyd, Nicola. “Mary Julia Young. A Biographical and Bibliographical Study”. Romantic Textualities, No. 18.
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King George IV
Standard Name: George IV, King
Used Form: Prince of Wales
Used Form: Prince Regent
Used Form: George the Fourth
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Mary Julia Young | The title-page quotes Le Sage
, in French, avowing that he intended to depict people as they are, but not real individuals (a quotation that might work in reverse, encouraging readers to expect recognisable portraits)... |
| Textual Production | Mary Julia Young | Young mentions the restraint laid on my pen by Personages who fear'd to be mention'd in those memoirs. |
| Reception | Harriette Wilson | Frances Wilson
entitles Panic at the Palace her chapter about George IV
's outrage at the things said about his mistress Lady Conyngham
; it chronicles attempts to extradite HW
from Paris, in which... |
| Publishing | Harriette Wilson | Newspapers advertised the first instalment of HW
's Memoirs as due next day—but the promised contents (a list of names headed by the king
and three dukes) was an obvious invitation to buy out. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 200 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | While at Brighton HW
made a proposition by letter to the Prince of Wales
(if you pity me, and believe you could make me in love with you, write to me) Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 38 |
| Publishing | Helen Maria Williams | The Poems were in two volumes, with HMW
's name in full, published by Rivington and Marshall
, with an engraved frontispiece drawn by Maria Cosway
. Subscribers included the Prince of Wales
(whose name... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eglinton Wallace | In the play Lord Crotchet, who is a scholar of ancient Rome and thinks it superior to the modern world, plans a day of saturnalia, when servants change places with their masters. This is presented... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Jane Vardill | Vardill continued to write for public occasions: on the death of Princess Charlotte
(The Bride's Dirge, December 1817) and on those of George III
and the Duke of Kent
(The Eldest King... |
| Dedications | Anna Jane Vardill | The full title was Poems and Translations from the Minor Greek Poets and Others: written chiefly between the ages of ten and sixteen. The volume was supplied with two title-pages, one conventionally printed and... |
| Literary responses | Anna Jane Vardill | This volume was reviewed in the European Magazine in August by Joseph Moser
, who was at the time its leading poetry contributor. De Montluzin, Emily Lorraine. Attributions of Authorship in the European Magazine, 1782-1826. http://bsuva.org/bsuva/euromag/. |
| Friends, Associates | Melesina Trench | Wherever she went on her first European trip she had access to exclusive circles of society. She met Nelson
and his mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton
, the writer Antoine de Rivarol
, Napoleon's brother Lucien Bonaparte |
| politics | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | He held office under the Whigs, played a role in the trial of Warren Hastings
, became an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales
, and was a vital player (with Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire |
| Occupation | Mary Robinson | MR
caught the eye of the young Prince of Wales
as she acted Perdita in a royal command performance of Shakespeare
's The Winter's Tale; she was twenty-two (or twenty-three) to his seventeen. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen. xii Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen. 101 Nathan, Alix. “Mistaken or Misled? Mary Robinson’s Birth Date”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 9 , No. 1, pp. 139-42. 139 |
| Publishing | Mary Robinson | MR
published the first volume of a new collection of Poems: the subscribers' list was headed by the Prince of Wales
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 2nd ser. 2 (1791): 309 Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64. 37 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | MR
later separated from Thomas after becoming mistress to the Prince of Wales
. |
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29 December 1709: Richard Steele's reference in The Tatler...
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29 December 1709
Richard Steele
's reference in The Tatler to the new fashion of hoop petticoats marked the establishment of the mode in England or at least in London.
21 December 1785: The Prince of Wales married Mrs Fitzherbert,...
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21 December 1785
The Prince of Wales
married Mrs Fitzherbert
, secretly but in the presence of reliable witnesses.
28 September 1786: A hostile and sexually suggestive cartoon...
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28 September 1786
A hostile and sexually suggestive cartoon was published, depicting Mrs Fitzherbert
dispensing venereal remedies to the Prince of Wales
.
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
.
8 April 1795: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) married...
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8 April 1795
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) married Princess Caroline of Brunswick .
7 January 1796: Princess Charlotte was born to the Prince...
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7 January 1796
1804: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) was...
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1804
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) was given full custody of his daughter Princess Charlotte
; George III
(her grandfather) became her guardian.
18 September 1809: The new Covent Garden Theatre was opened,...
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18 September 1809
The new Covent Garden Theatre
was opened, only to become the scene of massive riots.
28 September 1810: Abraham Goldsmid, a London banker, committed...
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28 September 1810
Abraham Goldsmid
, a London banker, committed suicide; his suicide was symptomatic of the current financial collapse.
5 February 1811: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) became...
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5 February 1811
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) became Regent in view of his father
's renewed (and, as it turned out, final) lapse into madness.
February 1812: The Prince of Wales's Regency was made permanent,...
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February 1812
The Prince of Wales
's Regency was made permanent, in recognition that George III
was not expected to recover.
28 April 1813: The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent...
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28 April 1813
The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent Street), a grand shopping thoroughfare, was brought before parliament; construction was completed in 1820.
: Evangelical William Wilberforce stayed in...
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Winter1814-15
Evangelical William Wilberforce
stayed in Brighton during the winter season in order to have access to the Prince Regent
and attempt a conversion within the monarchy.
May 1816: Princess Charlotte (daughter of the Prince...
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May 1816
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