Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of England

QV 's father, Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent , was a son of domestic and high-minded parents, George III and Queen Charlotte , but since their day the House of Hanover had become renowned for...

It took several years for the Trollopes' financial difficulties to turn into a financial catastrophe, and during those years, FT entertained many friends and acquaintances, including Lady Milman , whose husband had been Queen Charlotte

Back in England in her second widowhood, MD was a frequent visitor to her lifelong, very close friend the Duchess of Portland . The duchess, an amateur scientist of unusual talent and achievement, brought MD

MD continued to make new friends late in life (though she was said to have declined to meet Hester Thrale ). The king and queen were remarkably attentive to her in her widowhood. Prominent...

By now the Plas Newydd grounds of Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby , the Ladies of Llangollen, were so famous that, by request, they sent plans to Queen Charlotte .

This work materially furthered BH 's career, since Queen Charlotte admired it enough to give the author permission to dedicate a future book to her.

SW became widely known for her various activities. She not only took care of her family (and later the family of her brother James) but also raised silkworms on a large scale, and was regarded...

Lady Aylesbury or Ailesbury , a senior lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte , informed ECK of the queen's desire for her too to be employed at court, without specific duties other than that...

FB betook herself, with a visit en route to Mary Delany , to begin her work as Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte .

ECK 's transfer of her services to Princess Charlotte (the Regent's only child) was not favoured by the Queen (Princess Charlotte's grandmother), who wished to retain ECK in her current position. In her autobiography Knight...

ST went to advise Queen Charlotte , who wished to establish Sunday Schools in Windsor.

Queen Charlotte , a personal friend of MD , recorded Delany's gift to her of one of her most remarkable artefacts, an album of cut-paper portrait silhouettes, which Delany had done from life.

OE delivered a petition to Queen Charlotte , on behalf of my African brethren, for ending the slave trade. He argued that trading in manufactured goods would be more profitable as well as more...

It seems to have been a success, judging from a Dublin edition and a French translation the same year, and a German translation in 1789. Once the novel was published, CLHdesired permission...

This work became an overnight best-seller. Queen Charlotte dismissed her Sunday hairdresser. A fifth edition was needed by April, and two more followed within a few more months. All had large print-runs. The...