qtd. in
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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Publishing | Olaudah Equiano | OE
delivered a petition to Queen Charlotte
, on behalf of my African brethren, for ending the slave trade. qtd. in Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Publishing | Cassandra Lady Hawke | It seems to have been a success, judging from a Dublin edition and a French translation the same year, and a German translation in 1789. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols. 1: 439 |
Occupation | Susanna Wright | SW
became widely known for her various activities. She not only took care of her family (and later the family of her brother James) but also raised silkworms on a large scale, and was regarded... |
Occupation | Frances Burney | FB
betook herself, with a visit en route to Mary Delany
, to begin her work as Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte
. Doody, Margaret Anne. Frances Burney: The Life in the Works. Cambridge University Press, 1988. 171 |
Occupation | Ellis Cornelia Knight | Lady Aylesbury or Ailesbury
, a senior lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte
, informed ECK
of the queen's desire for her too to be employed at court, without specific duties other than that... |
Occupation | Ellis Cornelia Knight | |
Occupation | Sarah Trimmer | ST
went to advise Queen Charlotte
, who wished to establish Sunday Schools in Windsor. Trimmer, Sarah. Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Trimmer. F.C and J. Rivington and J. Johnson, and J. Hatchard, 1814, 2 vols. 1: 120 |
Occupation | Mary Delany | Queen Charlotte
, a personal friend of MD
, recorded Delany's gift to her of one of her most remarkable artefacts, an album of cut-paper portrait silhouettes, which Delany had done from life. Pelling, Madeleine. “Crafting Friendship: Mary Delany’s Album and Queen Charlotte’s Pocketbook”. Journal 18, a journal of eighteenth-century art and culture, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2018. |
Literary responses | Barbara Hofland | This work materially furthered BH
's career, since Queen Charlotte
admired it enough to give the author permission to dedicate a future book to her. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Leisure and Society | Lady Eleanor Butler | By now the Plas Newydd grounds of Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
, the Ladies of Llangollen, were so famous that, by request, they sent plans to Queen Charlotte
. Mavor, Elizabeth. The Ladies of Llangollen. Michael Joseph, 1971. 108n |
Friends, Associates | Frances Trollope | It took several years for the Trollopes' financial difficulties to turn into a financial catastrophe, and during those years, FT
entertained many friends and acquaintances, including Lady Milman
, whose husband had been Queen Charlotte |
Friends, Associates | Mary Delany | Back in England in her second widowhood, MD
was a frequent visitor to her lifelong, very close friend the Duchess of Portland
. The duchess, an amateur scientist of unusual talent and achievement, brought MD |
Friends, Associates | Mary Delany | MD
continued to make new friends late in life (though she was said to have declined to meet Hester Thrale
). Jones, Mary Gwladys. Hannah More. Cambridge University Press, 1952. 60 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Susannah Gunning | SG
's mother-in-law, at her death on 8 June 1770, held the post of State Housekeeper at Somerset House, which had been allocated to the newly married queen
. Gantz, Ida. The Pastel Portrait. Cresset Press, 1963. 69 Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. 40 (1770): 279 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Boyle | MB
's mother, Caroline Emilia (Poyntz) Boyle
(whose second name her daughter spells Amelia) held the position of bed-chamber woman to Queen Charlotte
. Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray, 1902. 4, 30 |
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