Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago, 1988.
414
Queen Anne
Standard Name: Anne, Queen
Used Form: Princess Anne
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Mary Delany | Her parents, of the English gentry class, could each pride themselves on connections of historical and contemporary social eminence (she had an earl as an uncle); but after Queen Anne
's death they were disadvantaged... |
| Dedications | Mary Pix | It was dedicated to Princess Anne
, whose favour MP
was later (when the princess had become the monarch) able to boast. |
| Dedications | Catharine Trotter | There was no author's name on the title-page, but the dedication was signed in full. It had opened about a month earlier (scholars differ over the precise date) at Congreve
's theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields |
| Dedications | Judith Drake | The lengthy title lists the satirical sketches that the work contains. English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/. |
| Dedications | Elizabeth Elstob | |
| Dedications | Mary Astell | MA
's philosophical second part to A Serious Proposal to the Ladies was published, again as by a Lover of her Sex, dedicated to Princess (later Queen) Anne
. Norton, J. E. “Some Uncollected Authors, XXVII: Mary Astell, 1666-1731”. The Book Collector, Vol. 10 , 1961, pp. 58-65. 62 |
| Dedications | Mary Lady Chudleigh | Mary, Lady Chudleigh
, published, with her name (the Lady Chudleigh), Poems on Several Occasions, dedicated to Queen Anne
, with a further dedication To the Ladies. Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University, 2000. Chudleigh, Mary, Lady. The Poems and Prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh. Editor Ezell, Margaret J. M., Oxford University Press, 1993. 41 |
| Dedications | Penelope Aubin | PA
published her first work: The Stuarts: A Pindarique Ode, dedicated to Queen Anne
. Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press, 1975, 2 vols. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Susanna Wesley | He reacted badly to SW
's implicit declaration of Jacobitism in late 1701 or soon afterwards. When she resisted what she saw as an oppressive move to deprive me of my little liberty of conscience... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Catharine Trotter | Her mother, born Sarah Ballenden, was related to three separate Scots noble families. She brought up her daughters at first on an Admiralty pension (discontinued on Charles II
's death, restored by Queen Anne
)... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Caesar | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Delany | Her uncle George Granville, Lord Lansdowne
, was a statesman under Queen Anne
, a distinguished amateur poet, and a friend of Alexander Pope
. To MD
's parents Lansdowne was the head of the... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Delaval | The moving spirits in this plot were ED
's cousin Lady Essex Griffin (formerly Howard)
and the latter's husband, Edward, Lord Griffin
, both of whom were her good friends as well as her relations... |
| Friends, Associates | Alexander Pope | The group comprised both authors and patrons. Other members were Dr John Arbuthnot
, Thomas Parnell
, and Lords Oxford
and Bolingbroke
. The writers among the club sent doggerel invitations to their meetings to... |
| Friends, Associates | Delarivier Manley | The early years of Queen Anne
's reign found DM
bitterly divided by politics from most of the women she had written and collaborated with: Centlivre
, Pix
and Trotter
, as well as Fyge. Manley, Delarivier. “Introduction”. New Atalantis, edited by Ros Ballaster, Pickering and Chatto, 1991, p. v - xxviii. xiii |
Timeline
7 October 1660: News reached the British royal household...
National or international item
7 October 1660
News reached the British royal household of a marriage that was to become dynastically significant: that of the king
's brother (later James II
) with the commoner Anne Hyde
, daughter of Lord Clarendon
.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
411-12
15 February 1675: John Crowne's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph...
Building item
15 February 1675
John Crowne
's Calisto; or, The Chaste Nimph was performed at Court.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 228-9
28 July 1683: Prince George of Denmark, brother of the...
National or international item
28 July 1683
Prince George of Denmark
, brother of the Danish king, married Princess Anne
(the future queen) at the Palace of Whitehall, London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
751
July 1700: William Duke of Gloucester, born in 1689,...
National or international item
July 1700
William Duke of Gloucester
, born in 1689, longest-surviving child of the future Queen Anne
, died of smallpox.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
1057
8 March 1702: King William III died and Queen Anne assumed...
National or international item
8 March 1702
King William III
died and Queen Anne
assumed the throne; she was crowned on 23 April, which was Charles II
's coronation day as well as St George's Day.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
45
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
47
Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82. 167
28 March 1702: Early in her reign Queen Anne issued a proclamation...
Building item
28 March 1702
Early in her reign Queen Anne
issued a proclamation against anyone printing, publishing, or circulating seditious papers and libels.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
241n36
20 October 1702: The newly-elected parliament (first of Queen...
National or international item
20 October 1702
The newly-elected parliament (first of Queen Anne
's reign) assembled.
A True List of the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the Parliament, which met at Westminster the 20th of October, 1702. 1702.
1704: Queen Anne's Bounty (a fund for supplementing...
Building item
1704
Queen Anne
's Bounty (a fund for supplementing the stipends of the most poorly-paid clergy) was instituted.
Dobree, Bonamy. English Literature in the Early Eighteenth Century, 1700-1740. Clarendon Press, 1959.
570
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.
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
19 April 1710: Four Iroquois sachems or leaders, visiting...
National or international item
19 April 1710
Four Iroquois sachems or leaders, visiting London, had an audience with Queen Anne
.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison. Selections from the Tatler and Spectator. Editor Ross, Angus, Penguin, 1982.
558n1
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
June 1714: Sophia of Brunswick, Electress of Hanover,...
National or international item
June 1714
Sophia of Brunswick
, Electress of Hanover, died two months before her cousin Queen Anne
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
8 July 1714: Queen Anne signed the royal consent to the...
Building item
8 July 1714
Queen Anne
signed the royal consent to the Longitude Act, whereby Parliament offered a reward of up to £20,000 for a foolproof method of calculating longitude at sea.
Williams, J. E. D. From Sails to Satellites: The Origin and Development of Navigational Science. Oxford University Press, 1992.
80
Quill, Humphrey. John Harrison: The Man Who Found Longitude. Baker, 1966.
4, 7
1 August 1714: Queen Anne died and messengers left for Hanover...
National or international item
1 August 1714
Queen Anne
died and messengers left for Hanover to inform George I
that he had assumed the throne.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
2, 44
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
45
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