Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber, 2003.
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Arthur Wellesley first Duke of Wellington
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | While she was kept by the Marquess of Lorne, HW
indulged herself in a brief affair with the future Duke of Wellington
, who was at the time no celebrity and no strong attraction to... |
| Textual Features | Harriette Wilson | The Memoirs' opening moves smoothly from the famous shock of the first sentence into a tone of judicious complexity: I shall not say why and how I became, at the age of fifteen, the... |
| Reception | Harriette Wilson | The apochryphal story that the Duke of Wellington
returned one of Wilson's blackmailing letters with the scribbled annotation write and be d—d (universally converted by folklore to publish and be damned) |
| Textual Production | Susan Tweedsmuir | Susan Buchan (later ST
) published her first biography, taking as a subject one of her collateral ancestors, The Sword of State: Wellington
after Waterloo. 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. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Susan Tweedsmuir | Through her father ST
was great-great-niece of the first Duke of Wellington
. Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Lilac and the Rose. G. Duckworth, 1952. 15 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Charlotte Maria Tucker | CMT
's father, Henry St George Tucker
, lived in India from the age of fourteen to that of thirty-nine. A prominent citizen of Bengal, with expertise in Indian affairs and finance, he eventually became... |
| Leisure and Society | Charlotte Maria Tucker | The Tuckers had an active social life. The children acted in their father's plays, and as they grew older the family often entertained at home or attended dinner parties. The fancy-dress ball they gave for... |
| Leisure and Society | Germaine de Staël | Her next salon was frequented by such luminaries as Alexander I
, Talleyrand
, and the Duke of Wellington
. Kobak, Annette. “Mme de Staël and Fanny Burney”. The Burney Journal, Vol. 4 , 2001, pp. 12-35. 32 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriet Smythies | The first canto of the poem, in a mix of heroic couplets and quatrains in the same iambic pentameter line, expresses loyal indignation at the cowardly tumult raised against a prince who is defenceless as... |
| Travel | Elizabeth Rigby | ER
and her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake
, cut their holiday short and left Venice for London to attend the November funeral of the Duke of Wellington
. Rigby, Elizabeth. Journals and Correspondence of Lady Eastlake. Editor Smith, Charles Eastlake, AMS Press, 1975, 2 vols. 1: 299 Lochhead, Marion C. Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake. John Murray, 1961. 100 |
| politics | Amelia Opie | AO
's admiration for military heroes also extended to Kosciusko
and later to the Duke of Wellington
and General Lafayette
. In other respects, however, she fully shared the anti-war stance of her fellow Quakers. Mahon, Penny. “In Sermon and Story: contrasting anti-war rhetoric in the work of Anna Barbauld and Amelia Opie”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 7 , No. 1, 2000, pp. 23-38. 32 |
| Textual Production | Carola Oman | CO
's work on a series of leaders from the time of the Napoleonic wars resulted in an invitation to lecture to the Royal Society of Literature
about reading the writings of Nelson
, Collingwood |
| Reception | Harriet Martineau | Guizot
, the French Minister of Public Instruction, was ordered by Louis Philippe
to translate the Illustrations for the French national schools. He considered HM
to be the only woman ever to have affected legislation... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cecily Mackworth | CM
writes in her unpublished autobiography about the eleven siblings of her father, Francis Julian Mackworth
. Mackworth, Cecily. Out of the Black Mountains. 2006. 5 Bowker, Gordon. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. The Independent, 1 Aug. 2006. |
| Travel | Lady Caroline Lamb | LCL
was visiting Paris, where the Bourbon monarchy had just been restored. She was in the train of the Duke of Wellington
, who had been appointed ambassador there (and had received his ducal... |
Timeline
12 July 1808: A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur...
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12 July 1808
A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington)
sailed to relieve Corunna in Spain.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
6
22 June 1814: In a civic procession at Taunton in Somerset,...
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22 June 1814
In a civic procession at Taunton in Somerset, to mark the end of the war, six women's friendly societies marched alongside male trade and professional groups.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
237
December 1820: The Constitutional Association (at the opposite...
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December 1820
The Constitutional Association
(at the opposite end of the political spectrum from the various Constitutional Societies
) was formed in the wake of the Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819, with the aim of silencing...
1822: Despite Wellington's objections, the Congress...
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1822
Despite Wellington
's objections, the Congress of Verona authorized French military intervention in Spain, where the new liberal regime had divided into factions.
Kinder, Hermann, and Werner Hilgemann. The Anchor Atlas of World History. Translator Menze, Ernest A., Vol.
2
, Anchor, 1978. II: 45
By 9 July 1822: The ladies of England subscribed for a gigantic...
Building item
By 9 July 1822
The ladies of England subscribed for a gigantic statue of the Greek hero Achilles cast in metal from captured foreign guns, for Hyde Park in London, to honour the Duke of Wellington
.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(9 July 1822): 3
12 August 1822: The new Marquess of Londonderry, better known...
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12 August 1822
The new Marquess of Londonderry, better known as Viscount Castlereagh
, killed himself: he was seen as the political author of Wellington
's victories and of repressive policies at home.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1282
22 January 1828: The Duke of Wellington, leader of the Tory...
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22 January 1828
The Duke of Wellington
, leader of the Tory party, formed the government.
Arthur Wellesley was created Viscount Wellington in 1809, earl of Wellington in 1812, marquess in 1812, and duke in 1814.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Parry, Jonathan. The Rise and Fall of Liberal Government in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, 1993.
334
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
51
May 1829: A Ladies' Bazaar to benefit Spanish refugees,...
Building item
May 1829
A Ladies' Bazaar to benefit Spanish refugees, held at the Hanover Square Rooms in London, patron the Duke of Wellington
, raised the remarkable sum of £2,000.
“Deaprtments. Travel. Stanhope, Lady Caroline”. Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
15 September 1830: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the...
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15 September 1830
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first large-scale passenger steam railway, was officially opened; public timetabled service began on 17 September.
Carlson, Robert E. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Project 1821-1831. Augustus M. Kelley, 1969.
231-6
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
256
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
81, 84-5
Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
17-18
17 November 1834: The Duke of Wellington was appointed First...
National or international item
17 November 1834
The Duke of Wellington
was appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Secretary of State after the dismissal of the Whig Party
by King William IV
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
10 April 1848: A huge demonstration was held at Kennington...
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10 April 1848
A huge demonstration was held at Kennington Common in support of the Chartist National Petition which was to be submitted to parliament.
Jones, Gareth Stedman. Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
71
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
44-5
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution. Pantheon, 1984.
122
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