Du Bois, Dorothea. Poems on Several Occasions. Printed for the author, 1764.
title-page
King George III
Standard Name: George III, King
Used Form: Prince of Wales
Used Form: George the Third
Used Form: Prince George
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Anna Maria Bennett | Publishing it in the year of her protector
's death, she dedicated it to the King
's eldest daughter, Princess Charlotte-Augusta-Matilda
, the Princess Royal. It was said that the whole edition sold out in... |
| Dedications | Anna Maria Bennett | This was again anonymous; some thought it by Frances Burney
. AMB
dedicated it to another of George III
's children, Prince William Henry
(a naval officer who would be in a position to offer... |
| Dedications | Dorothea Du Bois | DDB
published at Dublin, by subscription and dedicated to the king
, Poems on Several Occasions, by a Lady of Quality. |
| Dedications | Mary Stockdale | She published it as Miss S., through her father
's firm, and dedicated it to the king
. She put out a second edition in 1817, as The Mirror of the Mind, and Other... |
| Dedications | Isabella Kelly | IK
's Minerva Press
novel Eva was advertised as just published. It was dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester
(wife of George III
's next-but-one brother, William Henry
, unacknowledged by the royal family because... |
| Dedications | Charlotte Lennox | Again Johnson supplied her with a dedication (to the future George III
; a sheet of George's notes on the plays is bound into his presentation copy, now in the British Library
). The work... |
| Dedications | Margaret Bingham Countess Lucan | The Dublin edition has sixteen pages of close type. In a prefatory Advertisement, MBCL
says she hopes to influence the something in agitation with regard to Ireland Lucan, Margaret Bingham, Countess. Verses on the Present State of Ireland. 1778. i |
| Dedications | Laetitia-Matilda Hawkins | It is dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester
, a daughter of George III
who had acquired that title by marriage in 1816. Confusingly, the mother of LMH
's previous dedicee Lady Waldegrave had been... |
| Dedications | Charlotte McCarthy | This too was printed for the Author. Copies cost six shillings. This appears to be the first edition, though the work had been advertised as Now ready for the Press, and will be Publish'd... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Isabella Kelly | IK
's father, William Fordyce
, was the son of a successful merchant later convicted of kidnapping. The son became a physician and served as an army surgeon (with the rank of captain) and later... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ellis Cornelia Knight | ECK
's father, Sir Joseph Knight
, was a Rear-Admiral of the White squadron. He entered the Royal Navy
at the age of fourteen, needing a profession since his family had lost a considerable amount... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Catherine Fanshawe | Her father, John Fanshawe, had a position in the royal household of George III
. He died in 1816. Grant, Anne. Memoir and Correspondence of Mrs. Grant of Laggan. Editor Grant, John Peter, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844, 3 vols. 2: 151 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Georgiana Chatterton | GC
's uncle William Morton Pitt
was a Member of Parliament representing Dorset for nearly fifty years. He worked fervently on behalf of the poor, and lobbied constantly for improved prison conditions. He also regularly... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sarah Scott | Scott had been appointed sub-preceptor in November 1750 to Prince George
, who next year became Prince of Wales. After their marriage, SS
and her husband moved into a house in Leicester Fields, London... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Isabella Hamilton Robinson | IHR
's father, Charles Walker
, was the local squire and a Justice of the Peace. His father was a former Accountant General to George III
. Summerscale, Kate. Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace. 1st ed., Bloomsbury USA, 2012. 5-6 |
Timeline
November 1759: Lady Sarah Lennox was presented at court,...
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November 1759
Lady Sarah Lennox
was presented at court, where the Prince of Wales
(later George III) became infatuated with her.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
123
: Lord Bute convinced the Prince of Wales (later...
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Spring 1760
Lord Bute
convinced the Prince of Wales
(later George III) of his duty not to marry Lady Sarah Lennox
, and hinted at a possible marriage with a German princess.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
127
5 October 1760: A party of English dragoons beat up the Scottish...
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5 October 1760
A party of English dragoons beat up the Scottish couple who kept the toll-gate between East Lothian and Mid-Lothian.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
118-19
25 October 1760: King George II died suddenly of a heart attack;...
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25 October 1760
King George II
died suddenly of a heart attack; his grandson George III
assumed the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
426
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
46
19 May 1761: A new parliament was called for this date,...
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19 May 1761
A new parliament was called for this date, following elections, as was obligatory on the accession of a new monarch
.
Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
1: 535
20 May 1761: George III consented to marry Princess Charlotte...
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20 May 1761
George III
consented to marry Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
; formal proposals began.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
130-2
8 July 1761: The engagement of George III and Princess...
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8 July 1761
The engagement of George III
and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
was announced at a Privy Council meeting.
Tillyard, Stella. Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832. Chatto and Windus, 1994.
132
22 September 1761: King George III and Queen Charlotte were...
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22 September 1761
King George III
and Queen Charlotte
were crowned; Horace Walpole
and Thomas Gray
each left a vivid account of the occasion, while Catherine Talbot
wrote a prose poem about non-attendance, about spending a festal day...
26 May 1762: The Earl of Bute (a Tory, and the young king's...
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26 May 1762
The Earl of Bute
(a Tory, and the young king
's mentor) became Prime Minister.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
January-March 1765: George III was intermittently ill with his...
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January-March 1765
George III
was intermittently ill with his first attack of what was almost certainly porphyria.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
10-91, 172-5, 185
There seems to be some disagreement as to whether 1765 or 1788 constituted the first major attack...
May 1765: A Regency Act was passed to arrange for the...
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May 1765
A Regency Act was passed to arrange for the government of Britain in case of the monarch's further illness.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
126
About 1766: Printer and engraver John Spilsbury perfected...
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About 1766
Printer and engraver John Spilsbury
perfected the dissected map which became the forerunner of the jigsaw puzzle.
Drabble, Margaret. “A Day Out in Kew”. Jane Austen Sings the Blues, edited by Nora Foster Stovel, University of Alberta Press, 2009, pp. 57-65.
58-9
December 1768: George III signed the papers for establishing...
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December 1768
George III
signed the papers for establishing the Royal Academy of Arts
. Angelica Kauffman or Kauffmann
was among the twenty-eight founding members who first met in January 1769 to hear an address by Sir Joshua Reynolds
5 July 1775: The American Continental Congress adopted...
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5 July 1775
The American Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition, reiterating the colonists' grievances but professing their attachment to George III
.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
91-2
23 August 1775: George III proclaimed the American colonies...
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23 August 1775
George III
proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of rebellion.
Coakley, Robert, and Stetson Conn. The War of the American Revolution. Center of Military History, 1975.
93
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