Vol. I. EXTRACTS from the "Journal of the reign of King George the third," 1772-1787, by Horace Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford. (Printed as far as 1783, ed. Dr. John Doran, 1859.) The following in Walpole's hand are inserted:-"Hints for discoveri... c 1847

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Junius

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Epithet: of Add MS 20791 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000058 Junius was the pseudonymous author of a series of political letters which were published in the Public Advertiser between January 1769 and January 1772. Other political letters, contributed to the public press under other pseudonyms, have also been traced to the same hand. The identity of Junius has never been definitely prove...

Walpole, Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford 1791

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Epithet: 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000015 Title: 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton; 1st Earl of Orford (of the second creation) 1806 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x00029b Title: 3rd Earl of Orford British Library Archives an...

Cornewall, Charles Wolfran, active approximately 1847

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