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Showing posts with label Almack's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Almack's. Show all posts
Friday, March 31, 2017

Before Almack's

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by Lauren Gilbert Social activities, fashions, entertainment and more are all driven by “the next big thing.” This is nothing new. Throu...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

An Almack's Mystery-Who was Miss Pelham?

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by Lauren Gilbert Almack's Assembly Rooms The Almack’s best known today is the “Marriage Mart” of the Regency era, with the Lady ...
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Friday, March 18, 2016

Emily Lamb, First Lady Cowper, then Lady Palmerston, Patroness of Almack's

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By Lauren Gilbert The Hon. Emily Lamb by Sir Thomas Lawrence 1803 (age 16) Emily Lamb, Lady Cowper, was famous for her wit, charm a...
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Monday, February 29, 2016

"Queen Sarah" Lady Jersey

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Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey (nee' Fane), (1785-1867) By Lauren Gilbert Best known as one of the feared Lady P...
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Princess Esterhazy, The Bonne Enfant of Almack’s

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by Lauren Gilbert She was born Her Serene Highness, Princess Maria Theresia, Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis on July 6, 1794. ...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Amelia Stewart, Lady Castlereagh, the Marchioness of Londonderry

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by Lauren Gilbert Born February 20, 1772, Lady Amelia Anne Hobart was the daughter of John Hobart, second Earl of Buckinghamshire and hi...
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Monday, December 26, 2011

Almack's - it's not quite what you think...

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by M.M. Bennetts Almack's. The name conjures up images of a glittering Regency ball attended by ladies in elegant silk gowns an...
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