Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, volume 2 (of 2)

Chapter 26: FOOTNOTES

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The volume offers illustrated biographical sketches of Hanoverian queens and their circles, combining domestic anecdotes, court ceremonies, and political incidents. It recounts births, marriages, deaths, and scandalous alliances, examines turbulent episodes such as the Duke of Cumberland’s military reputation and the unhappy marriage and dismissal of Caroline Matilda with the Struensee affair, and traces royal pastimes, education of princes, and social rituals at Kew and Windsor. Chapters describe court forms and freedoms, responses to national crises including the American war and riots, and portray royal patronage, satirists, and cultural life through portraits, anecdotes, and contemporary personalities. The tone balances anecdote with historical narrative to illuminate family dynamics and public reputation.

FOOTNOTES

1 Lord Holland’s ‘Memoirs of the Whig Party.’

2 Miss Burney’s Diary.

3 Miss Burney’s Diary.

4 Miss Burney’s Diary.

5 Miss Burney’s Diary.

6 ‘Memoirs,’ &c., by the Duke of Buckingham.

7 Lord Malmesbury’s Diary.

8 ‘Brief Memoir of the Princes Charlotte of Wales.’

9 Lord Holland.

10 ‘Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert.’

11 ‘Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV.’

12 ‘Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV.’

13 ‘Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV.’

14 ‘Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV.’

15 ‘Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV.’

16 Letter in ‘Diary illustrative of the Court, &c., of George IV.’

17 ‘Diary,’ &c.

18 The ‘Diary,’ &c.

19 ‘Diary of Court, &c., of George IV.’

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