|
Date: |
|
Description: | Diary concerns court politics and dealings, and the overthrowing of the Emperor of Russia
Includes entries:
9 July 1762 comments: 'The affability and obliging manner of this incomparable young monarch are inexpressible, and the universal affection his person renders every kind of duty so agreeable, that it may be truly averred, our service is perfect freedom'
Note of salaries received for various offices served by Berkeley
28 July comments on the death of Lord Melcomb
29 July and 3 August relate to the overthrow of the Emperor of Russia by the Empress Catherine of Russia, comments: 'One of his [the Emperor] character can have no friends. What could be expected when the reins of Government were held by a fool & a madman?'
12 August concerns the birth of George III and Queen Charlotte's first son, and the news that the deposed Russian Emperor died on the 17 July
13 August transcribes a translation of the Empress Catherine's Manifesto concerning the death of the former Emperor
16 August concerns Berkeley's being invested in office as Constable of the Tower by the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain
27 August concerns the death of the Earl of Westmorland
Poem entitled 'To -'
30 August concerns news that the Duke of Bedford is to go to Paris to begin the Preliminaries of Peace | Subjects: | Country Estates Church Of England Parishes Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 9 Jul 1762-30 Aug 1762 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
Diary.
Diary concerns court politics and…
-
Diary.
Diary mainly concerns the progress…
-
Diary.
Includes entries:
26 April concerns…
-
Diary.
Diary mainly concerns the political…
-
-
-
-
Diary.
Includes entries:
29 June 1760…
-
-
|