Cooper, Elizabeth, d. 1761. The Rival Widows. T. Woodward, 1735.
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Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough
Standard Name: Marlborough, Sarah Churchill,,, Duchess of
Used Form: Queen Zarah
Used Form: Sarah Jennings, (later Duchess of Marlborough)
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Elizabeth Cooper | EC
called this book the first publick Tryal of my Muse. |
| Dedications | Eliza Haywood | EH
dedicated to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
, a major critique, with her name, of Sir Robert Walpole
's Prime Ministership: the satirical fiction Adventures of Eovaai, Princess of Ijaveo. Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto, 2003. 347-50 Whicher, George Frisbie. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Columbia University Press, 1915. 177 Haywood, Eliza. “Introduction”. Adventures of Eovaai, edited by Earla Wilputte, Broadview, 1999, pp. 7-40. 45n1 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | William Congreve | Congreve's daughter therefore grew up with the name and identity of Mary Godolphin
, from her supposed and legal father. (Henrietta's title, held in her own right of descent from her famous father, was not... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire | Georgiana Spencer
married (in the parish church at Wimbledon near London, on her seventeenth birthday) the Duke of Devonshire
. The Complete Peerage gives the date as 5 June. Wimbledon Park (since destroyed) was one... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire | Through her father, Georgiana was a great-great-granddaughter of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough
. |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Burnet | EB
's friendship with Sarah Churchill, later Duchess of Marlborough
(like that with her future husband, Gilbert Burnet
, and his second wife, Mary
), dated back to the years when they were all in... |
| Friends, Associates | Anne Killigrew | Evidence about AK
's friends and contacts is sketchy, but she presumably knew well her fellow maids of honour Anne Kingsmill
and Sarah Jennings
, who later became, respectively, a distinguished poet and a powerful... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Countess Cowper | MCC
made some good friends at Court. She was particularly fond of Charlotte Clayton (later Lady Sundon)
. Her close relationship with |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | She now sought the friendship of those in political power, like James Craggs
, Charlotte Clayton
, and members of the royal family. But she was closest to outsiders like Lady Stafford
(an almost certainly... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Susan Smythies | The novel offers in passing an amusing catalogue of an old-fashioned library, whose first items are heroic romances like Ibraham; Cassandra; Cleopatra [by Madeleine de Scudéry
and Gauthier de La Calprenède
]. Several... |
| Literary responses | Delarivier Manley | A series of various keys attached to later editions fed curiosity about the originals of DM
's portraits, without actually giving very much away. Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii. xv |
| Literary Setting | Mary Boyle | MB
here recounts the story, set during the final days of James II
's reign, of Mary Savile, a fictional maid of honour toMary of Modena
, James's wife (whose actual maids of honour... |
| Occupation | Anne Killigrew | She became, along with Anne Kingsmill (later Anne Finch)
and Sarah Jennings (later Duchess of Marlborough)
, a Maid of Honour to Mary of Modena
(then Duchess of York). Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago, 1988. 299 |
| politics | Lady Rachel Russell | Always attentive to the undercurrents of political behaviour (she reported the demeanour of Elizabeth Cellier
in the pillory in a tone that sounds sympathetic although they were on different sides of the party divide), LRR |
| Reception | Mary Jones | In this month MJ
's ballad was set to music by a Mr Howard (probably Samuel Howard
). Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers. (1742) 12: 101 |
Timeline
13 August 1704: Marlborough and Prince Eugene wiped out the...
National or international item
13 August 1704
Marlborough
and Prince Eugene
wiped out the French army at Blenheim in Bavaria.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
2 April 1705: Bernard Mandeville published The Grumbling...
Writing climate item
2 April 1705
Bernard Mandeville
published The Grumbling Hive (later expanded as The Fable of the Bees).
McKee, Francis. “Early Criticism of ’The Grumbling Hive’”. Notes and Queries, Vol.
233
, June 1988, pp. 176-7. 176-7
9 June 1705 : John Vanbrugh was officially appointed architect,...
Building item
9 June 1705
John Vanbrugh
was officially appointed architect, with the assistance of Nicholas Hawksmoor
, to build Blenheim Palace at Woodstock in Oxfordshire as a national thank-offering to the Duke of Marlborough
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Vanbrugh
3 April 1708: Arthur Maynwaring mentioned to Sarah, Duchess...
National or international item
3 April 1708
Arthur Maynwaring
mentioned to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
, having used a letter from her as the basis for his Advice to the Electors of Great Britain.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
269-70 and nn102, 103
5 October 1710: A Whig periodical entitled the Medley was...
Writing climate item
5 October 1710
A Whig periodical entitled the Medley was launched to combat the Tory Examiner; it was probably the work of Arthur Maynwaring
and possibly of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
270
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
18 January 1711: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, brought her...
National or international item
18 January 1711
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
, brought her trial of wills with Queen Anne
to an end by indignantly returning her key of office.
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon, 1991.
177-8, 186-7
August 1720: South Sea shares reached £1,000, having stood...
National or international item
August 1720
South Sea shares reached £1,000, having stood at £100 in January.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
330
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1164
Scott, William Robert. The Constitution and Finance of English, Scottish and Irish Joint-Stock Companies to 1720. Cambridge University Press, 1912.
335-429
Harris, Frances. A Passion for Government: The life of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Clarendon, 1991.
228
By 6 April 1742: An Account of the Conduct of Sarah Duchess...
Women writers item
By 6 April 1742
An Account of the Conduct of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, a political apologia and attack on her enemies composed by her over almost forty years with various helpers, appeared a few weeks after Prime...
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