The sisters enjoyed doing their own entertaining. Many of their parties were quite grand: they received 184 guests at a party they gave at Cannes in 1883. In March 1888 they hosted another party at...
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September 1868: Revolution in Spain occurred. Queen Isabella...
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September 1868
Revolution in Spain occurred. Queen Isabella II
was subsequently ousted, and the revolutionary party favoured a constitutional government headed by a new sovereign.
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1881: The Kyrle Society (founded by Octavia Hill...
