William Hutton. A face that childhood created Hutton was born in Derby on 30 September 1723 and like most children before or since, his first thoughts were about his mother. Unlike most children to…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
First, a disclaimer. Pornography was not a word that was used in the Georgian era; the first reference in any Victorian newspaper seems to be the Hereford Times of 1858, when it is used in its absolute literal sense of writings about prostitutes in Roman Pompeii. It gathered its modern meaning in the 1880s, but…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
About1816 @jameshobson.bsky.social My new book is a biography of one man and a review of the Georgian ruling class in the period 1770–1820. It covers their institutions, their mentality, their modus operandi, and how they maintained their position as the ruling establishment. The story of Georgian Britain’s top ten thousand is told through one of…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
Hi there! In the past you have subscribed to my Georgian history website. Just in case the Victorians interest you too, could I offer my book, cheap (99p) on kindle in the UK at the moment ?| Georgian and Victorian Britain
Today, there is no doubt about what happened to the weather in Europe and North America in 1816—it was the worst summer weather known in living memory. In Europe, it is referred to as the “Ye…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
On Tuesday died, of a dropsy, Miss Sarah Hinves, eldest daughter of Mr. Hinves, plumber, aged 26, after three years affliction, and a sixteenth operation, which she bore with much patience and calm…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
An extract from my book which features more Victorian Radicals like Anna In a freezing February in 1888, a vicar’s wife lay dying at the tragically early age of forty-one. Her husband was the vicar…| Georgian and Victorian Britain
How did middle-ranking gentlewomen of Georgian England fill their waking hours? Were they mostly bored senseless? It seems that the tentative answer is ‘no’ except that this conclusion …| Georgian and Victorian Britain
What could Jane Austen and similar unmarried gentlewomen of the Regency Age, look forward to? There were certainly a host of activities that could fill and kill time, but what could be anticipated …| Georgian and Victorian Britain
Introducing my new book- Voices of the Georgian Age I love to read historical diaries, especially eighteenth century ones. Did anybody else on the planet request the diaries of Parson Woodforde as …| Georgian and Victorian Britain
