Porter, Jane. Duke Christian of Luneburg. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824, 3 vols., http://U of A, Special Collections.
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King George IV
Standard Name: George IV, King
Used Form: Prince of Wales
Used Form: Prince Regent
Used Form: George the Fourth
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Jane Porter | JP
, at Long Ditton in Surrey, dedicated her new novel, Duke Christian of Luneburg; or, Tradition from the Hartz, to George IV
. |
| Dedications | Emily Frederick Clark | It was dedicated by permission to the Prince of Wales
and its subscription was advertised at the back of other books. The advertisement says: An appeal to the sympathetic feelings of a liberal public would... |
| Dedications | Eleanor Anne Porden | EAP
published her epic poem: Coeur de Lion
; or, The Third Crusade. A Poem, in Sixteen Books, dedicated with permission to George IV
. Quarterly Review. J. Murray. 27 (1822): 271 |
| Dedications | Felicia Hemans | The attractive quarto volume, printed in Liverpool for T. Cadell and W. Davies
in London, was dedicated with permission to the Prince of Wales
. It had 977 other subscribers, including Captain Alfred Hemans |
| Dedications | Sarah Pearson | S. Pearson's only novel, an it-narrative entitled The Medallion, was advertised as in print, dedicated to the Prince of Wales
. The author must be the Sheffield poet; the publisher's receipt gives her... |
| Dedications | Jane Austen | About a month before Emma appeared (on 23 December, with 1816 on its title-page), JA
wrote to ascertain whether it was actually incumbent on qtd. in Fergus, Jan. “The Professional Woman Writer”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 26 Fergus, Jan. “The Professional Woman Writer”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 26 |
| Dedications | Anna Jane Vardill | The full title was Poems and Translations from the Minor Greek Poets and Others: written chiefly between the ages of ten and sixteen. The volume was supplied with two title-pages, one conventionally printed and... |
| Dedications | Maria Barrell | An Advertisement notes that she had to find another printer after the first one let her down. Writing, she says, in the sad regions of a living grave, she dedicates her work to George, Prince of Wales |
| Employer | Ellis Cornelia Knight | ECK
's position as a lady companion to Princess Charlotte
was complicated by the intention of the princess's father, the Regent
, to keep his daughter as long as possible a child. Knight, Ellis Cornelia. The Autobiography of Miss Knight. Editor Fulford, Roger, William Kimber & Co., 1960. 114 |
| Employer | Ellis Cornelia Knight | The Regent
made no complaint about ECK
at her dismissal, but it would appear that the dismissal was related to Princess Charlotte's decision that she would not marry a prince who seemed likely to subordinate... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | A couple of days after her royal command performance as Perdita, an emissary of the Prince of Wales
brought her a short but expressive Robinson, Mary. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson. Editor Levy, Moses Joseph, Peter Owen, 1994. 103 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriette Wilson | While at Brighton HW
made a proposition by letter to the Prince of Wales
(if you pity me, and believe you could make me in love with you, write to me) qtd. in Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber, 2003. 38 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grace Elliott | GE
bore a daughter, Georgina or Georgiana
, whose paternity was variously ascribed to several of her lovers (including the Prince of Wales
, with whom she had broken up some months before the birth)... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grace Elliott | In her earliest years in Paris she was the mistress first of the comte d'Artois (who much later reigned as Charles X
) and then of the duc de Chartres (later duc d'Orléans
, later... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | MR
later separated from Thomas after becoming mistress to the Prince of Wales
. |
Timeline
29 December 1709: Richard Steele's reference in The Tatler...
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29 December 1709
Richard Steele
's reference in The Tatler to the new fashion of hoop petticoats marked the establishment of the mode in England or at least in London.
Chrisman, Kimberly. “Unhoop the Fair Sex: The Campaign Against the Hoop Petticoat in Eighteenth-Century England”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
30
, No. 1, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1996, pp. 5-23. 7-9, 11
21 December 1785: The Prince of Wales married Mrs Fitzherbert,...
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21 December 1785
The Prince of Wales
married Mrs Fitzherbert
, secretly but in the presence of reliable witnesses.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
28 September 1786: A hostile and sexually suggestive cartoon...
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28 September 1786
A hostile and sexually suggestive cartoon was published, depicting Mrs Fitzherbert
dispensing venereal remedies to the Prince of Wales
.
Merians, Linda E. “Introduction”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 1-12.
2
11 June 1788: George III, at the resort town of Cheltenham,...
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11 June 1788
George III
, at the resort town of Cheltenham, publicly suffered preliminary symptoms leading up to his second attack of porphyria, which began on 17 October.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
3
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
329, 342
5 November 1788-10 March 1789: George III's illness and palpable incapacity...
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5 November 1788-10 March 1789
George III
's illness and palpable incapacity produced the Regency Crisis: the issue was whether or not power would devolve to the Prince of Wales
.
Foreman, Amanda. “A politician’s politician: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and the Whig party”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 179-04.
188-9
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
8 April 1795: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) married...
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8 April 1795
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) married Princess Caroline of Brunswick .
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
389
Carretta, Vincent. George III and the Satirists from Hogarth to Byron. University of Georgia Press, 1990.
358
7 January 1796: Princess Charlotte was born to the Prince...
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7 January 1796
Princess Charlotte
was born to the Prince
and Princess of Wales .
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
389
1804: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) was...
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1804
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) was given full custody of his daughter Princess Charlotte
; George III
(her grandfather) became her guardian.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
433
18 September 1809: The new Covent Garden Theatre was opened,...
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18 September 1809
The new Covent Garden Theatre
was opened, only to become the scene of massive riots.
Mander, Raymond, and Joe Mitchenson. The Theatres of London. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.
52, 55
Dobbs, Brian. Drury Lane: Three Centuries of the Theatre Royal, 1663-1971. Cassell, 1972.
123
Wyndham, Henry Saxe. The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre From 1732 to 1897. Chatto and Windus, 1906, 2 vols.
330-48
Historians disagree on the exact figures for the cost of building and the number seated. Henry Saxe Wyndham
28 September 1810: Abraham Goldsmid, a London banker, committed...
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28 September 1810
Abraham Goldsmid
, a London banker, committed suicide; his suicide was symptomatic of the current financial collapse.
“Death of Mr. Abraham Goldsmid”. Times, 29 Sept. 1810, p. 3.
3
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
5 February 1811: The Prince of Wales (later George IV) became...
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5 February 1811
The Prince of Wales
(later George IV) became Regent in view of his father
's renewed (and, as it turned out, final) lapse into madness.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
450
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
234
February 1812: The Prince of Wales's Regency was made permanent,...
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February 1812
The Prince of Wales
's Regency was made permanent, in recognition that George III
was not expected to recover.
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
453
28 April 1813: The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent...
Building item
28 April 1813
The Act to build Regent Circus (now Regent Street), a grand shopping thoroughfare, was brought before parliament; construction was completed in 1820.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
12
: Evangelical William Wilberforce stayed in...
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Winter 1814-15
Evangelical William Wilberforce
stayed in Brighton during the winter season in order to have access to the Prince Regent
and attempt a conversion within the monarchy.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
35-6
May 1816: Princess Charlotte (daughter of the Prince...
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May 1816
Princess Charlotte
(daughter of the Prince of Wales
) married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg
.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
240
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