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Caroline Stanhope, Countess Of Harrington
Caroline Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (née Lady Caroline FitzRoy; 8 April 1722 – 26 June 1784) was a British socialite and '' demimondaine''. Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of Charles II. After being blackballed by the English social group The Female Coterie, she founded The New Female Coterie, a social club of courtesans and "fallen women" that met in a brothel. Known for her infidelity and bisexuality, she was nicknamed the "Stable Yard Messalina" due to her adulterous lifestyle. Her "colourful" life is often contrasted with that of her daughter-in-law, Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington, who was viewed as a respectable member of British high society. Family Lady Caroline was born on 8 April 1722, the fifth child of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and Lady Henrietta Somerset, the daughter of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester. Lady Caroline married William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington on 11 August 1746. Together they had se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Harrington
Earl of Harrington is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1742. History The earldom of Harrington was granted in 1742 to William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, William Stanhope, 1st Baron Harrington, the former Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Secretary of State and then Lord President of the Council. He was made Viscount Petersham at the same time. In 1730, he had been created Baron Harrington, of Harrington, Northamptonshire, Harrington in the County of Northamptonshire, Northampton. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Harrington was the son of John Stanhope of Elvaston and the great-grandson of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, younger half-brother of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (who was the grandfather of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope). Lord Harrington was succeeded by his son William, the second Earl. He was a General in the Army and also represented Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Stanhope, Countess Of Harrington
Jane Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (née Fleming; 23 May 1755 – 3 February 1824), was a society hostess and heiress who served as a lady of the Bedchamber to the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Early life Jane Fleming was the eldest of five children of Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet, and his wife Jane (née Coleman), as well as the elder sister of the scandalous Seymour Fleming, Seymour Dorothy Fleming. The death of her father in 1763 left her and her sisters co-heiresses to an enormous fortune of £100,000. At the age of 23, Jane Fleming became engaged to the two years older Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, a war hero who had recently returned from North America to England. His father, the William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington, 2nd Earl of Harrington, was deeply indebted, however, and the legal negotiations between the two families led to the postponement of the marriage. By October 1778, rumours began cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1784 Deaths
Events January–March * January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russian Empire, Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, Crimea. * January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain to end the American Revolution, with the signature of President of the Continental Congress, President of Congress Thomas Mifflin.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167 * January 15 – Henry Cavendish's paper to the Royal Society of London, ''Experiments on Air'', reveals the composition of water (molecule), water. * February 24 – The Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam begins. * February 28 – John Wesley ordains ministers for the Methodist Church in the United States. * March 1 – The Confederation Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1722 Births
Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as the Royal Navy brings an end to the piracy of Bartholomew Roberts, nicknamed "Black Bart". Captained by Chaloner Ogle of the Royal Navy, HMS Swallow (1703), HMS ''Swallow'' fires its cannons as Roberts sails his ship ''Royal Fortune'' toward the oncoming ''Swallow'' in order to gain time by forcing ''Swallow'' to turn around. Standing on the deck, Roberts and two of his crew are killed by the second wave of cannon fire. The remaining 272 pirate crew are captured. * February 16 – Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia, announces that his heir to the throne will be his 4-year old grandson, Peter II of Russia, Prince Pyotr Alekseivich. * February 21 – Muhammad Shah, Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah, the Grand Mogul of north Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold (born 1971) is an American-born British historian and author. Her work specializes in 18th and 19th century social history and women's history. Her 2019 book '' The Five'', about the lives of the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize and won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction. Rubenhold's focus on the victims of murder (frequently women), rather than on the identity or the acts of the perpetrator, has been credited with changing attitudes to the proper commemoration of such crimes and to the appeal and function of the true crime genre. Early life Rubenhold was born in Los Angeles to a British father and American mother and undertook a BA in History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She then gained an MA in British History and History of Art and an MPhil in History from the University of Leeds, on the subject of marriage and child-rearing in the eighteenth century. Rubenhold has also worked in the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town And Country Magazine
''Town and Country Magazine'' was an 18th-century London-based publication that featured tales of scandals and affairs between members of London's upper classes. History ''Town and Country Magazine'' was founded by Archibald Hamilton in 1769. It gained the name "Town and Country" because Hamilton had two offices, one in urban Clerkenwell and one in a rural area near Highgate. In the 1770s there was a dramatic increase in lawsuits brought by men and their wives' lovers in England. Many people became eager to read transcripts of adultery trials, seeing them as a form of soft-core pornography. ''Town and Country Magazine'' capitalised on the public's interest by running stories on the topic. The initial issues often made political points, but this focus was lost over time. By 1771 ''Town and Country Magazine'' claimed monthly sales of 12,000 copies, although some scholars argue that the actual number was significantly fewer. Prominent contributors included Thomas Chatterton and Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James's Park
St James's Park is a urban park in the City of Westminster, central London. A Royal Park, it is at the southernmost end of the St James's area, which was named after a once isolated medieval hospital dedicated to St James the Less, now the site of St James's Palace. The area was initially enclosed for a deer park near the Palace of Whitehall for King Henry VIII in the 1530s. It is the most easterly of a near-continuous chain of public parks that includes (moving westward) Green Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens. The park is bounded by Buckingham Palace to the west, The Mall to the north, Horse Guards to the east, and Birdcage Walk to the south. It meets Green Park at Queen's Gardens with the Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to Buckingham Palace. St James's Palace is on the opposite side of The Mall. The closest London Underground stations are St James's Park, Green Park, Victoria, and Westminster. The park is Grade I listed on the Registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus and Antonia Minor at Lugdunum in Roman Gaul, where his father was stationed as a military legate. He was the first Roman emperor to be born outside Roman Italy, Italy. As he had a limp and slight deafness due to an illness he suffered when young, he was ostracized by his family and was excluded from public office until his consulship (which was shared with his nephew, Caligula, in 37). Claudius's infirmity probably saved him from the fate of many other nobles during the purges throughout the reigns of Tiberius and Caligula, as potential enemies did not see him as a serious threat. His survival led to him being declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard after Caligula's assassination, at which point he was the last adult male of his family. Despite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour Fleming
Seymour Dorothy Fleming (5 October 1758 – 9 September 1818), styled Lady Worsley from 1775 to 1805, was a member of the British gentry, notable for her involvement in a high-profile criminal conversation trial. Early life and family Fleming was the younger daughter and coheir of the Irish-born Sir John Fleming, 1st Baronet (d. 1763), of Brompton Park (aka Hale House, Cromwell House), Middlesex, and his wife, Jane Coleman (d. 1811). She was probably named after her maternal grandmother, Jane Seymour, elder sister of Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset. They were younger children of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, who was a direct descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1500–1552), the eldest brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. Her father and two of her sisters died when she was five, and she and her surviving sister were then brought up by their mother, who remarried in 1770 to Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a rich sexage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Class In The United Kingdom
The social structure of the United Kingdom has historically been highly influenced by the concept of social class, which continues to affect British society today. British society, like its European neighbours and most societies in world history, was traditionally (before the Industrial Revolution) divided hierarchically within a system that involved the hereditary transmission of occupation, social status and political influence. Since the advent of industrialisation, this system has been in a constant state of revision, and new factors other than birth (for example, education) are now a greater part of creating identity in Britain. Although the country's definitions of social class vary and are highly controversial, most are influenced by factors of wealth, occupation, and education. Until the Life Peerages Act 1958, the Parliament of the United Kingdom was organised on a class basis, with the House of Lords representing the hereditary upper class and the House of Commons repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almack's
Almack's was the name of a number of establishments and social clubs in London between the 18th and 20th centuries. Two of the social clubs would go on to fame as Brooks's and Boodle's. Almack's most famous establishment was based in assembly rooms on King Street, St James's, and was one of a limited number of upper-class mixed-sex public social venues in the British capital in an era when the most important venues for the hectic social season were the grand houses of the aristocracy. The site of the club, Almack's Assembly Rooms or (from 1781) Willis's Rooms, has become retrospectively interchangeable with the club, though for much of the club's lifetime, the rooms offered a variety of other entertainments with no connection to the club. William Almack The history of Almack's begins with its founder William Almack (the elder). One popular theory, circulated since 1811, supposes him to have been Scottish, his real name 'M'Caul', and that he had changed it because he found th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Female Coterie
The Female Coterie was the title given to a group of "ladies of quality" in 18th-century London, 18th century London. Horace Walpole described their activities as meeting every morning "either to play cards, chat or do whatever else they please". Dinner and supper were provided, followed by the card game loo (card game), loo. The founding members were Mrs Fitzroy, Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, Lady Pembroke, Mrs Meynell, Lady Molyneux, Miss Pelham and Miss Lloyd. History The society was founded in 1769 by William Almack, already proprietor of Gentlemen's club, the clubs later to become Boodle's and Brooks's, then based at his houses in Nos. 49 and 50 Pall Mall, London, Pall Mall, and of the famous Almack's, Assembly Rooms on King Street. The society first met on 17 December 1769 and soon attracted a great deal of attention. On 6 May 1770 Horace Walpole recorded that: : "There is a new institution that begins to make, and if it proceeds, will make a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
