Notable Duke and Mrs Jordan Link Recounted in 1810s Letters
The account outlines Mrs Jordan’s letters mentioning health restoration and an offer of not returning to her profession. It notes a generous provision from the Duke of Clarence for her and their children, her later poverty in France, her death in 1816, and debates over the Duke’s and family’s conduct. It emphasizes her own testimony of the grant and her biographer’s view attributing later hardships to imprudence rather than confiscated generosity.
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Duke of Clarence
St. Cloud
France
The Duke of Clarence and the Early Reign of William the Fourth
A sweeping royal portrait of the future William IV, from the 1818 marriage to Adelaide and the 1830 ascension, detailing reform era politics, ministerial resignations, and public reaction. It covers Catholic Emancipation stance, the 1831 reform crisis, and Grey’s 1834 retirement with Melbourne’s rise.
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Lord Grey
Lord Althorp
Lord Melbourne
Melbourne
Exchequer
Dissolution of Melbourne Ministry Sparks Constitutional Debate
A November report details King William IV dissolving the Melbourne Ministry after courtly pressures and Tory maneuvers. Wellington forms a pro tempore cabinet, Peel is invited but resignations follow, and Melbourne's new administration soon takes shape amid a charged political climate.
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Metropoli
Melbourne
Lord Melbourne
Brighton
Earl Spencer
Lord Althorp
Duke of Richmond
London
Adp
Gene Peer Talkington
Duke of Wellington
Italy
Robert Peel
England
PEEL
Abercrombie
Manners Sutton
Wellington
John Russell
Lord Grey
Lord Lansdowne
William the Fourth
Reign of William Fourth and Queen Victoria Reform Promise
A retrospective on William IV's influence in ending the Tory government and enabling a liberal reform wave. The piece praises his support for reform, notes his political immaturity, and forecasts Victoria's capable rule with advisers aligned to national wishes.
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House of Lords
the Purt
George IV
Wellington
William the Fourth
Notron
Crown Proclamation and Death of King William IV
Declares Alexandra Victoria as Queen after the death of King William IV at Windsor Castle. Proceeds with proclamations at Kensington, listing Lords, dignitaries, and signatories. Includes greeting to the new reign and acknowledgment of religious liberty and constitutional rights.
Court of Kensington 1837 Presex Queen’s List of Peers and Judges
A fragment from the Kensington court record dated June 20 1837 includes a long formal list of high officials peers and institutions such as the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty the Duke of Cumberland the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Chancellor and numerous earls viscounts and lords. The text names many prominent figures of the time in a ceremonial registration.
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London Gazette
Kensington
England
C. C. Greville
B. Hockey
Chamber of London
Robert Westwood
H. Haines
R. H. Inglis
C. A. Hamilton C. Marshall
Ald
C. Tyrrell
City Remem
R. F. Newman
City Solicitor
Charles W. Hick
H. Winston Barren
M.P. N. Bate
Frederick Adair Ree
J. B. Lennard
Henry Gaitakell
Harry Chester
Wm. Woods
Clarenceux
Edmund Harrison
H. B. Lennard
Charles Gee
Villiers Bayly
John Lainson
Richard L. Jones
Edward Cust
Henry Teton
Fred. C. Munday
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Sussex
Canterbury
York
Earl Marshal
Steward
Duke of Leeds
Duke of Wellington
Marquis of Salisbury
Marquis of Hertford
Marquis Camden
Marquis of Londonderry
Marquis of Westminster
Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of
Albemarle
Jersey
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Roseberry
Earl of Tankerville
Earl of Clarendon
Earl of Clare
Earl of Wilton
Earl Grey
Minto
Earl of Lichfield
Lord Cowley
Stuart de Rothesay
Heytesbury
Brougham
Denman
W. Fremantle
Tindal
Robert Gordon
John C. Herries
H. Hardinge
J. W. Croker
Robert Adair
James Graham
C. P. Thomson
Henry Parnell
Thomas Erskine
John Cam Hobhouse
Henry Ellis
Edward Ellice
A. Johnston
E. Knatchbull
T. L. Corry
H. Labouchere
H. Vivian
George S. Byng
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Dreadful Fete Tragedy at Champs de Mars Sparks Mourning
Report on Wednesday evening crush at the Champs de Mars where 23 died from suffocation and 12 were injured. King and Royal Family expressed grief. ball postponed to Monday the 19th with royal attendance promised. Prefect of Police and officials coordinated relief for survivors and families.
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Barriere du Trone
Tuileries
Champs Elysees
Champ de Mars
Ecole Militaire
Gros Caillou
Count Mole
Prince Royal
Paris
Count de Moentalivet
M. Barthe
Chamber of Deputies
Duchess of
Orleans
Count de Montalivet
Hotel de Ville
Breezy Law Courts Dispute Highlights Colonial Trial
A West India jurisprudence excerpt recalls a heated Sicard v Harker trial where the Chief Justice clashed with Batty over reading a newspaper in evidence. Dialogue shows Batty’s challenge to the judge’s control, followed by a witness examination and the Chief Justice abandoning the effort to reform Batty’s manners.
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West India
Sicard
Mr. Batty
Siroshua Rowe
Sir Joshua
Batty
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Duke of
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Charlotte
Hanover
Elizabeth
Duke of York
Duke of Clarance
Great Britain
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St. James’s
Bushy-park
Croydon
George III
Brighton Gazette
Guildhall
House of Commons
Smething
Londonderry
Lord Mansfield
Commons
Henry Hardinge
Grey
Lord Lyndhurst
Windsor
Lord Brougham
Zeyrormers
Lord Greyl
Herbert Taylor
Ascot Heath
Errel
Dennis Cellins
Howver
Parament
Common Council of London
Melictaaa Ministry
Whitehall
Jane
Privy Council
Kensington Palace
Land
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Alexandrina Victoria
Victoria
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen
Simenesr
Augustus Frederick
W. Cantuar
Cottenham
E. Eber
Lansdowne
Dan
Rosebery
Belfast
Lichfield
Shaftesbury
Tankerville
Albermarle
Ripos
Aberdeen
Haddington
Carlisle
Clare
Amherst
J. Russell
Francis Egerton
Charles Fitzroy
G. C. H. Somerset
William Russell
Lowther
Strangford
Howick
Combermere
Morpeth
Palmerston
Castlereagh
Burghersh
Lyndhurst
Hatherton
Stanley
Ellenborough
Abinger
Hill
Cowley
Stuart de Rothsay
Langdale
M. R
Fitzgerald
Vesci
Glenelg
Wallace
Wynford
James Abercrombie
Thomas Frankland Lewis
J. Parke
George Murray
W. Ouseley
John Beckett
William M. Vizard
James F. Firth
Andrew Spottiswoode
Wm. Venables
H Marriott
James Shaw
Hamberlain
Champs de Mars
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