Piers, Sarah, Lady. George for Britain. A Poem. Bernard Lintott, 1714.
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John Campbell second Duke of Argyll
Standard Name: Argyll, John Campbell,,, second Duke of
Used Form: Duke of Argyll
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Elizabeth Boyd | She dedicated it to her patron Lady Hertford
. The British Library
copy is 12604 ccc. 7. Harvard University
holds the only known copy of an undated set of subscription proposals, which is headed Any... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Boyd | She nevertheless accumulated a remarkable list of patrons for someone without obvious connections or advantages. She mentions real interest taken in her and her writing by John, second Duke of Argyll
, William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington |
| politics | Mary Countess Cowper | The Whig party underwent various travails during MCC
's time in politics. In December 1716 and April 1717, when Lord Townshend
(brother-in-law of Robert Walpole
) was dismissed first from one and then from another... |
| Publishing | Lady Louisa Stuart | LLS
's Some Account of John, Duke of Argyll
, and his Family was posthumously printed for private circulation at London by Clowes
in 1863, and in the memoirs of Lady Mary Coke
(Argyll's youngest... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sarah Lady Piers | But she moves on from celebration to warning: the human race is fallen, and a ruler needs to guard against ambition (This second Paradise, oh hazard not), |
Timeline
13 November 1715: The Duke of Argyll fought the rebellious...
National or international item
13 November 1715
The Duke of Argyll
fought the rebellious Jacobite forces at Sheriffmuir in Scotland.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
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Around late February 1742: A woman named Margaret Ogle published, with...
Women writers item
Around late February 1742
A woman named Margaret Ogle
published, with her name, two verse satires on Walpole's fall from power: Mordecai Triumphant, or, the Fall of Haman prime minister of state to King Ahasuerus: an heroic poem and...
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