Author : Horace Walpole
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230361321
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (613 download)
Book Synopsis The Last Journals of Horace Walpole During the Reign of George Iii, from 1771-1783 Volume 1 by : Horace Walpole
Download or read book The Last Journals of Horace Walpole During the Reign of George Iii, from 1771-1783 Volume 1 written by Horace Walpole and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER THE Last Journal of the Reign of George III now before us, consists, with a certain amount of invaluable comments on Parliamentary debates, foreign news, and Court gossip, in a great measure of a narrative by Horace Walpole con- cerning a point in the history of his own time both near and dear to him, namely, the account of the declaration of the marriage of his niece Maria Walpole, Countess Dowager Waldegrave, to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, the second brother of King George III. Though the story has often been told, it is advisable to tell again here how this marriage (a startling one from every point of view) came to be brought about, and this cannot be done in a more suitable manner than in the first introduction to these two volumes. In this way leaving the second introduction by Dr. Doran, which follows, to explain the inception, scope, and contents of the work. A short genealogical explanation must be our first excursus, as the birth of the future Duchess of Gloucester and her place in the Walpole family were both irregular, and her union with a Prince of Great Britain particularly annoying to the King, who under the influence of his German Queen had always the idea of equal birth (ebenbiirtigkeit) before him when treating of the marriages of princes and princesses of the blood Royal. DA 483 A7 The Walpoles of Houghton, an old Norfolk family, for many centuries well known in the history of their county, rose suddenly to supreme influence in Great Britain in the person of the great statesman Sir Robert Walpole. This "manager of the House of Commons" during the reigns of George I and George II, was Prime Minister to both these kings, and was elevated