Copy of letter from Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry to George II, King of Great Britain, February 17, 1728/29 [manuscript], 18th century?

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Copy of letter from Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry to George II, King of Great Britain, February 17, 1728/29 [manuscript], 18th century?

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The Duchess of Queensberry's reply when she was forbidden to appear at court.

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Queensberry, Catherine Douglas, Duchess of, 1700 or 1701-1777

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In 1729, Catherine Douglas expressed outrage at the Lord Chamberlain's refusal to license the performance of John Gay's Polly (which satirized Sir Robert Walpole). This led George II to bar her from the court, and the Duke of Queensberry to resign his offices. From the description of Letter : to George II, [1729] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612888165 Friend of Swift, Pope and Prior. From the description of Letter signed, with autograph postscript : ...

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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King of England from 1727-1760. From the description of Writ, 1748 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629412 George Augustus was born in Hanover, Germany on November 10, 1683, the only son of the elector of Hanover. In 1705 he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children. During his reign as King of England, George II granted the charter to James Edward Oglethorpe, allowing for the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733. George ...