
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton Emma Hamilton was perhaps best known for being the mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson. She was lampooned by the press and decried f...
Read moreLord Elgin is most famous for the Greek Parthenon statues which he moved and sold to the British Museum- marble statues which continue to provide c...
Read moreJonas Hanway (August 12, 1712 – September 5, 1786), English traveller and philanthropist, was born at Portsmouth, on the south coast of England...
Read moreBritish statesman and naturalist, his many talents live on in a centuries long legacy.
Read moreSpencer Perceval: One of Britain's forgotten Prime-Ministers Although Jane Austen does not mention it in her published letters, indeed she rarely ...
Read moreAccount of Joseph Paisley: 'The Celebrated Gretna Green Parson' "MY DEAR HARRIET, You will laugh when you know where I am gone, and I cannot help...
Read moreShe turned up in Gloucestershire in 1817, claiming to be Princess Caraboo from the island of Javasu - saying she had been kidnapped by pirates ...
Read moreJohn Jackson "Gentleman" John Jackson (28 September 1769 – 7 October 1845) was a celebrated pugilist of the late 18th century. He won the titl...
Read moreThe Patronesses of Almack's: The Arbiters of London Respectability Almack's Assembly Rooms was governed by a select committee of the most influent...
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