Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press, 1992.
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Elizabeth Percy Duchess of Northumberland
Standard Name: Northumberland, Elizabeth Percy,,, Duchess of
Used Form: the Countess (later Duchess) of Northumberland
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Jean Marishall | JM
then thought of dedicating her novel to the queen. Her brother's commanding officer said he would present the work at court; but then, on second thoughts, he decided a novel was not a work... |
| Dedications | Barbara Hofland | BH
supplied the text to engravings for Richmond and its Surrounding Scenery, dedicated with permission to the Duchess of Northumberland
. |
| Dedications | Charlotte Lennox | The full title was Memoirs for the History of Madame de Maintenon and of the last age; Lennox published it as the author of The Female Quixote. The price was fifteen shillings; the... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Seymour Countess of Hertford | The first child of seventeen-year-old Frances, Countess of Hertford
, was born: a daughter christened Elizabeth
. Hughes, Helen Sard. The Gentle Hertford, Her Life and Letters. Macmillan, 1940. 26 |
| Friends, Associates | Jean Marishall | While in LondonJM
was in touch with a long list of patrons or prospective patrons, including those eminent in both the social and literary worlds. The socially prominent included (as well as a colonel... |
| Occupation | Jean Marishall | Despite her own skimpy education, she ran a periodical in London (which did not pay), as well as working for children's publisher John Newbery
. She consulted about the periodical with the Duchess of Northumberland |
Timeline
12 February 1765: Thomas Percy published his edited Reliques...
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12 February 1765
Thomas Percy
published his edited Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, a rediscovery of poems from the middle ages. He dedicated it to the Duchess of Northumberland
, daughter of the poet and letter-writer Lady Hertford
September 1770: It was rumoured that the Duke and Duchess...
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September 1770
It was rumoured that the Duke
and Duchess of Northumberland
planned to hold not one but two Public Days a week.
The duchess was a letter-writer of note; her mother, as Lady Hertford
, had...
October 1774: The Duchess of Northumberland took an active...
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October 1774
The Duchess of Northumberland
took an active part in her son's campaign to be elected for Westminster in the general election (polling ran into November in some districts).
Chalus, Elaine. “’That epidemical Madness’: women and electoral politics in the late eighteenth century”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 151-78.
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Johnson, Samuel. Political Writings. Editor Greene, Donald, Yale University Press, 1977.
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