The Georgian Lords
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The History of Parliament's House of Lords 1660-1832 section, researching the #Lords in the #C18th; currently working on 1715-90 #Georgian #Parliament #HistParl
Joined May 2017
RT @BrendanJTam: CFP - Please share! @long18thsem is hosting its annual Lightning Talks session, aimed towards hearing presentations about…
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#ICYMI yesterday Charles Littleton posted his latest article for the Georgian Lords on Robert Burns' aristocratic patrons... #HistParl #twitterstorians
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@TheVictCommons Something we, happily, do not have to contend with much in the Georgian period...
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Died #OTD 1806 Admiral Samuel Hood, Viscount Hood. Before his elevation to the Lords he sat as MP for Westminster and Reigate. Made an Irish baron in 1782, in 1796 he was promoted to a British peerage with a seat in the Lords. #twitterstorians #HistParl
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‘died of old age at forty six, as much as if he had been ninety’ #OnThisDay 1806 William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister 1783-1801, 1804-6. Whatever his last words were, they were almost certainly not an appeal for one of Bellamy's meat pies. #twitterstorians #HistParl
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RT @ResearchNT: Job alert at the Bath Assembly Rooms! They are looking for a Project Curator who can apply exciting new research to bring t…
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RT @EHChalus: For #twitterstorians and anyone else interested in the last of the Georgian monarchs, William IV, do have a listen!
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It's a foolish question, but on 28 January 1716 the lords justices of Ireland, Galway and Grafton, made a joint speech to the Irish #Parliament warning of the imminent threat of invasion. If a joint speech, who delivered it? Both were present. @ColemanDennehy
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RT @HistParl: Next Tuesday, Dr Caitlin Kitchener will be speaking at @IHR_History's Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on the product…
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New from the Georgian Lords this morning - Queen Charlotte's 'cook'd up' 1794 Epiphany Ball... #HistParl #twitterstorians
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RT @ColemanDennehy: Just heard the news that this book is at the printers and thus publication is imminent. Available from all good book…
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Died #OnThisDay 1770, in somewhat suspicious circumstances, Charles Yorke, MP for Cambridge University, who had only 3 days before been appointed Lord Chancellor. #HistParl #twitterstorians
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"He who makes the most people drunk may depend upon the greatest number of votes" Abbe Le Blanc, on 18th-century British elections (1730s). #HistParl #twitterstorians @ECPPEC_Project
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Died #OnThisDay 1786 in Lambeth, Michael Arne, likely the illegitimate son of Thomas Arne. Michael followed the family trade as a composer and keyboard player, but also dabbled in alchemy. Smashing portrait by Zoffany. #twitterstorians #HistParl
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RT @BSECS: If you had a great time at #BSECS2025 & would like to play a more active role in our society, we have a vacancy for Asst. Treasu…
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RT @18thcentury_cam: ⏳ Deadline extended! ⏳ You now have until this Friday 17 January to apply to speak at our workshop. All postgraduate s…
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Super first day at @BSECS at @PembrokeOxford. Many thanks to Penny Pritchard and Alan Marshall for joining Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords for a great panel investigating responses to crises from Defoe to Earl Ferrers - and to everyone who came along... #HistParl #BSECS2025
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