"Immersed in Dissipation, knew not an Inclination
Which he forebore to gratify.
Contempt and Wretchedness
Closed the Train of Dishonor, Riot, and Sensuality…"

Getting to know the latest character: George Beauclerk, 3rd duke of St Albans...
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In January 1782, the Morning Herald ran with a list of the 44 peers of England believed at that point to be single, 19 of them widowers and 25 bachelors (though two of those were under 10 years of age).
The widowers were aged 39 to 77; the bachelors 8 to 58...
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The government commander at Prestonpans #OTD 1745, Lt.-Gen. Sir John Cope, had previously represented 3 seats in Parliament (Queenborough, Liskeard and Orford). He never lived down the defeat, even though cleared by court martial:
www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1715-...
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“His great ambition was a peerage”…
New piece underway: Lewis Watson (formerly Monson) created Baron Sondes in 1760. Cousin of the 2nd marquess of Rockingham, and closely knit into the wider Pelham family grouping.
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Henry Peirse served as MP for Northallerton for 50 years, from 1774-1824 and has entries in 3 @histparl.bsky.social sets.
This was in spite, or because of the fact that:
"Not a syllable is he known to have contributed to debate: nor was he to be nailed down in politics..."
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A Monday morning game of guess the statue...
No prizes bar a mild sense of achievement for getting it right.
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The elevation to the Lords of Sir Fletcher Norton in 1782 was the latest of a batch of peerages granted to lawyers. The Morning Chronicle voiced concerns that the ministry was plotting to weaken the Lords by ‘disgracing its proceedings with all the low quibbling of Westminster Hall’
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