Mary herself, her brother Charles, and the general public all accepted that at the moment of the killing she had not known what she was doing. Charles was relieved from nameless fears when a week...
politics
Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire
With the resignation of Pitt in February 1801, and the succession of Henry Addington
as Prime Minister, Georgiana found that she was once again a centre of political influence, confided in and consulted by Whigs...
Publishing
Eliza Nugent Bromley
ENB
dedicated this work, with permission, to the Duke of York
; it had more than a hundred subscribers, including such Tory grandees as Henry Addington
, the current Prime Minister. It does not read...
Publishing
Harriet Downing
It is dedicated to HD
's beloved Cousin Louisa G—. Subscribers included George IV
, and Prince Leopold
(widower of Princess Charlotte), Lord Sidmouth
, many members of the Bourne family and several residents of...
Timeline
17 March 1801: Henry Addington (a Tory who in 1805 was created...
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17 March 1801
Henry Addington
(a Tory who in 1805 was created first Viscount Sidmouth) formed the government after William Pitt
resigned over George III
's opposition to Catholic Emancipation.
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, 238
By October 1801: Henry Addington, the new Prime Minister,...
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By October 1801
Henry Addington
, the new Prime Minister, worked out a proposal for peace with France; but it came to nothing for another five months.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
239
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
10 May 1804: William Pitt formed the government again...
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10 May 1804
William Pitt
formed the government again after forcing Henry Addington
to resign.
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, 240
23 February 1820: In the Cato Street Conspiracy, a group of...
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23 February 1820
In the Cato Street Conspiracy, a group of revolutionaries picked this day to assassinate members of the Cabinet
at a private dinner; the plot failed.
Newman, Gerald, editor. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.