Wheeler, Agnes. “Introduction”. Westmorland Dialogues, edited by Leonard Smith, Lensden, 2011.
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King George I
Standard Name: George I, King
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Agnes Wheeler | Mention in the first dialogue of George III
's illness shows that it was written in 1788 or later. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Catharine Trotter | He was a curate, until he refused to take the oath of loyalty to George I
on his accession. Wilson, Adrian. “The Politics of Medical Improvement in Early Hanoverian London”. The Medical Enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century, edited by Andrew Cunningham and Roger French, Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp. 4-39. 22 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Tollet | A New Ballad (like almost all answers to Lord Dorset
's cavalier ballad To all You Ladies now at Land) is written from a strongly gender-conscious point of view as well as a Tory... |
| Occupation | Sir Richard Steele | He had already been an army officer, a court official, the holder of a civil service post, and a member of parliament. He was knighted by George I
in 1715. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Clara Reeve | CR
's mother (born Hannah Smithies) was the daughter of a London goldsmith who was a jeweller to George I
. Clara lived with her mother for most of her life. Trainer, James, and Clara Reeve. “Introduction”. The Old English Baron, Oxford University Press, 1977. xii |
| Textual Production | Jane Porter | It was published by Longman
in three volumes. Porter, Jane. Duke Christian of Luneburg. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824, 3 vols., http://U of A, Special Collections. title-page Porter, Jane. Duke Christian of Luneburg. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824, 3 vols., http://U of A, Special Collections. 1: v-viii |
| 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... |
| Violence | Teresia Constantia Phillips | TCP
's account firmly states that, though she had been out with Mr Grimes (to see a firework display in honour of George I
's return from Hanover), she flatly refused him sex. Over the... |
| Textual Features | Charlotte O'Conor Eccles | Here she relates the romantic tale of the marriage of Marie Casimire Clémentine Sobieski
(or Clementina Sobieska) to James Edward Stuart
, known to British history as the Old Pretender. She draws her material from... |
| politics | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | LMWM
spent an exciting time in London as a member of the Whig elite now in power under George I
. Grundy, Isobel. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Comet of the Enlightenment. Clarendon, 1999. 82ff, 117 |
| Textual Features | Delarivier Manley | This play, set in Britain after the imperial Romans had left, deals with the usurpation of a throne (in this case by the tyrant Vortigern
, with allusion to George I
), and features strong... |
| Cultural formation | William Law | He became a Church of England
clergyman, but after the accession of George I
he refused to take the oath of allegiance (since he was a Jacobite). This made him a Nonjuror, ineligible for positions... |
| Health | Mary Lamb | Another followed an upsetting review of Charles's Specimens in the Quarterly in February 1812, another on her completing her own On Needle-Work in December 1814-February 1815, and another, unusually, only six months later. Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking, 2003. 265-6, 276-83 |
| Textual Production | Elinor James | In This Day Ought Never to be Forgotten, being the Proclamation Day for Queen Elizabeth, EJ
presented a role-model to the new King George
. The date was that of Elizabeth's accession. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998. 308 |
| Textual Production | Elinor James | In Mrs. James's Thanks to the Lords
and Commons
for their great Sincerity to King George, EJ
again marked an anniversary in national political life and in her career as its interpreter. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998. 308 |
Timeline
28 December 1694: The twelve-year-old marriage between the...
National or international item
28 December 1694
The twelve-year-old marriage between the future George I
and Sophia Dorothea of Celle
was dissolved; Sophia Dorothea's lover had already been killed, probably without her husband's knowledge.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under George I
June 1714: Sophia of Brunswick, Electress of Hanover,...
National or international item
June 1714
Sophia of Brunswick
, Electress of Hanover, died two months before her cousin Queen Anne
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
1 August 1714: Queen Anne died and messengers left for Hanover...
National or international item
1 August 1714
Queen Anne
died and messengers left for Hanover to inform George I
that he had assumed the throne.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
2, 44
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
45
18 September 1714: George I landed in England to claim the ...
National or international item
18 September 1714
George I
landed in England to claim the throne.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
202
1715: The theatre censorship system which had been...
Building item
1715
The theatre censorship system which had been in place since the 1690s died out when Drury Lane
under Richard Steele
ceased sending playscripts to Killigrew
.
Hume, Robert D. “Jeremy Collier and the Future of the London Theatre in 1698”. British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) Conference, Oxford, 3 Jan. 1998.
February 1715: The first elections of George I's reign returned...
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February 1715
The first elections of George I
's reign returned a sizeable Whig majority to the parliament summoned for 17 March.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
1: 126, 132
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
23 April 1723: The Prince of Wales was formally reconciled...
National or international item
23 April 1723
The Prince of Wales
was formally reconciled with his father, George I
.
Sedgwick, Romney. The House of Commons, 1715-1754. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1970.
1: 26, 2
11 June 1727: King George I died and George II assumed...
National or international item
11 June 1727
King George I
died and George II
assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
45-6
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