Prof. Elaine Chalus
@profelainechalus.bsky.social
Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
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Died #OnThisDay 1737 Caroline of Ansbach.
Her terrible last few days were charted in detail by Lord Hervey. Her death proved politically hugely damaging for Sir Robert Walpole, who had long relied on her support.
#skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2021/12/02/c...
Her terrible last few days were charted in detail by Lord Hervey. Her death proved politically hugely damaging for Sir Robert Walpole, who had long relied on her support.
#skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2021/12/02/c...
Death of a Queen: the tragic end of Caroline of Ansbach - The History of Parliament
In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles, considers the grisly end of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, the botched efforts of her physicians to
historyofparliament.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Died #OnThisDay 1737 Caroline of Ansbach.
Her terrible last few days were charted in detail by Lord Hervey. Her death proved politically hugely damaging for Sir Robert Walpole, who had long relied on her support.
#skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2021/12/02/c...
Her terrible last few days were charted in detail by Lord Hervey. Her death proved politically hugely damaging for Sir Robert Walpole, who had long relied on her support.
#skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2021/12/02/c...
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Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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Interesting: during the debates on the spirituous liquors bill (1743) in the House of Lords, the earl of Aylesford proposes something rather modern:
"Instead of passing or rejecting this Bill... let us only delay it, by which we shall give the Commons time to reflect upon it"
#HistParl
"Instead of passing or rejecting this Bill... let us only delay it, by which we shall give the Commons time to reflect upon it"
#HistParl
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Interesting: during the debates on the spirituous liquors bill (1743) in the House of Lords, the earl of Aylesford proposes something rather modern:
"Instead of passing or rejecting this Bill... let us only delay it, by which we shall give the Commons time to reflect upon it"
#HistParl
"Instead of passing or rejecting this Bill... let us only delay it, by which we shall give the Commons time to reflect upon it"
#HistParl
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This was a thing in the 18th century, too. See Charles Littleton's post on cricket and the Georgian aristocracy:
historyofparliament.com/2023/07/06/e...
historyofparliament.com/2023/07/06/e...
‘Kind patron of the mirthful fray’: the English aristocracy and cricket in the 18th century - The History of Parliament
The Ashes Test series currently under way provides an opportunity to consider the English aristocracy’s role in cricket’s early development in the 18th
historyofparliament.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This was a thing in the 18th century, too. See Charles Littleton's post on cricket and the Georgian aristocracy:
historyofparliament.com/2023/07/06/e...
historyofparliament.com/2023/07/06/e...
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The timetable of the parliamentary day has long been the subject of debate. #OnThisDay 1837 Joseph Brotherton, MP for Salford, failed in one of his many attempts to limit sittings after midnight. Find out more about him in our post: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/i...
‘I shall persist’: Joseph Brotherton (1783-1857) and late hours in the Commons
Joseph Brotherton by Samuel William Reynolds Jr (1836) (C) NPG In 1832 the borough of Salford elected its first MP, who would represent the constituency for the next quarter-century. Described in 1…
victoriancommons.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The timetable of the parliamentary day has long been the subject of debate. #OnThisDay 1837 Joseph Brotherton, MP for Salford, failed in one of his many attempts to limit sittings after midnight. Find out more about him in our post: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/i...
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And we should add, before our @georgianlords.bsky.social colleagues beat us to it, that before it was used by the Victorian Commons, the building was home to the Lords!
This is an exciting find: the remains of the building used by the House of Commons as its temporary chamber between 1835 and 1851. If you want to know what that building looked like, see our short article: historyofparliament.com/2025/09/25/t...
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And we should add, before our @georgianlords.bsky.social colleagues beat us to it, that before it was used by the Victorian Commons, the building was home to the Lords!
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Enjoy reading in November!
Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
- updated -
#Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read #18thc
Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
- updated -
#Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read #18thc
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Enjoy reading in November!
Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
- updated -
#Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read #18thc
Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
- updated -
#Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read #18thc
The project explores wedding masses before Trent. 'The results give us a glimpse into the life and history of a votive mass and major life event...across the centuries.' A survey of 219 Roman Catholic wedding masses from 983-1617 - Sharon Kabel #skystorians 🗃️sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
A survey of 219 Roman Catholic wedding masses from 983-1617 – Sharon Kabel
sharonkabel.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The project explores wedding masses before Trent. 'The results give us a glimpse into the life and history of a votive mass and major life event...across the centuries.' A survey of 219 Roman Catholic wedding masses from 983-1617 - Sharon Kabel #skystorians 🗃️sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
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@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - "Right here, by this fire" (Wolf's birthday evening, reposted from Nov 26, 2021 - a favorite of mine)
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, his gifts, & who gave them. Take tissues. It's dusty in there.)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/right-...
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, his gifts, & who gave them. Take tissues. It's dusty in there.)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/right-...
Right here, by this fire. | Anne Louise Avery
Get more from Anne Louise Avery on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - "Right here, by this fire" (Wolf's birthday evening, reposted from Nov 26, 2021 - a favorite of mine)
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, his gifts, & who gave them. Take tissues. It's dusty in there.)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/right-...
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, his gifts, & who gave them. Take tissues. It's dusty in there.)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/right-...
Reposted by Prof. Elaine Chalus
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - "Wolf's Birthday List" (reprised from Nov 12, 2021 - my favorite)
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, Old Fox, Babcia, Pine Marten)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/wolfs-...
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, Old Fox, Babcia, Pine Marten)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/wolfs-...
Wolf's Birthday List | Anne Louise Avery
Get more from Anne Louise Avery on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social's Patreon - "Wolf's Birthday List" (reprised from Nov 12, 2021 - my favorite)
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, Old Fox, Babcia, Pine Marten)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/wolfs-...
#OldFoxCommunity (Wolf, Old Fox, Babcia, Pine Marten)
Today is a good day to subscribe.
www.patreon.com/posts/wolfs-...
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Happy birthday to me! And to darling Wolf! Best Sacher-Torte for breakfast! 🐺🎂🍂
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy birthday to me! And to darling Wolf! Best Sacher-Torte for breakfast! 🐺🎂🍂
The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
RHS Plant Collector Archive - 19th century papers
collections.rhs.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
collections.rhs.org.uk/view/343871
Happiest of birthdays to Wolf, and to
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social, who brings us tales Wolf, Old Fox and their world of quiet kindness, compassion, companionship, love and gentle magic.
Today is a very good day to join Anne's patreon.
[White Wolf by Patrice Murciano]
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social, who brings us tales Wolf, Old Fox and their world of quiet kindness, compassion, companionship, love and gentle magic.
Today is a very good day to join Anne's patreon.
[White Wolf by Patrice Murciano]
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happiest of birthdays to Wolf, and to
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social, who brings us tales Wolf, Old Fox and their world of quiet kindness, compassion, companionship, love and gentle magic.
Today is a very good day to join Anne's patreon.
[White Wolf by Patrice Murciano]
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social, who brings us tales Wolf, Old Fox and their world of quiet kindness, compassion, companionship, love and gentle magic.
Today is a very good day to join Anne's patreon.
[White Wolf by Patrice Murciano]
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Russian drones hit Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, Ukrainian officials say reut.rs/44ktqjh
Russian drones hit Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, Ukrainian officials say
Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, including two children, sparking fires and forcing dozens of residents to flee their homes, regional officials said.
reut.rs
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Russian drones hit Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, Ukrainian officials say reut.rs/44ktqjh
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I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez
I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez
This week marks 50 years of Spanish democracy, but the failure to talk more about the crimes of the dictatorship leaves us vulnerable, says the journalist María Ramírez
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez
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Kevin McCloud has grand designs to fix the future of Britain's housing. And the answers won't be found on a spreadsheet.
Kevin McCloud: 'We need to place quality at the centre of our lives. Not quantity'
www.bigissue.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Kevin McCloud has grand designs to fix the future of Britain's housing. And the answers won't be found on a spreadsheet.
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"We urge you to honor the legacy of the State Department by halting the targeting of foreign students and faculty, including under the guise of foreign policy." ⬇️ 🗃️
Retired US ambassadors and other former high-ranking State Department officials have sent Secretary Rubio a letter decrying the targeting of foreign students and faculty for expressing views. drive.google.com/file/d/1GIq2...
Letter to Rubio - 11.17.2025
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"We urge you to honor the legacy of the State Department by halting the targeting of foreign students and faculty, including under the guise of foreign policy." ⬇️ 🗃️
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Cumbria, 1391. The last wolf in England felt desperately alone. He lived in the thorn woods at Humphrey Head & his one friend was a kind girl who gave him bacon & buttery scones. When he was killed & his soul flew over the sea, he howled her name to the dying sun, to the waves
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Cumbria, 1391. The last wolf in England felt desperately alone. He lived in the thorn woods at Humphrey Head & his one friend was a kind girl who gave him bacon & buttery scones. When he was killed & his soul flew over the sea, he howled her name to the dying sun, to the waves
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In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases | Peter Sagar
Reform to bin DOGE at Lancashire County Council and raise council tax instead
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases | Peter Sagar
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#OTD 1712, the infamous, and extremely violent Hamilton-Mohun duel took place between Scottish Tory the Duke of Hamilton and the Cornish Whig Lord Mohun. Check out Dr Robin Eagles' article on the violent history of duels in 18thc England here: historyofparliament.com/2018/06/07/d...
“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England - The History of Parliament
The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston's book - A Very English Scandal - about the trial of the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe for conspiracy and
historyofparliament.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#OTD 1712, the infamous, and extremely violent Hamilton-Mohun duel took place between Scottish Tory the Duke of Hamilton and the Cornish Whig Lord Mohun. Check out Dr Robin Eagles' article on the violent history of duels in 18thc England here: historyofparliament.com/2018/06/07/d...
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There is a long history of parliamentarians choosing to work with what they have rather than rebuild. Options on a brand new palace of Westminster were ignored in the mid-18th century and the tendency to work in an ad hoc manner persisted until 1834...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
A troubled project - ended by a fire: restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster before 1834
The troubled progress of the Restoration and Renewal project for the current Palace of Westminster turns out to be only a contemporary echo of a 17th and 18th century experience. Personal feuds, 'inco...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is a long history of parliamentarians choosing to work with what they have rather than rebuild. Options on a brand new palace of Westminster were ignored in the mid-18th century and the tendency to work in an ad hoc manner persisted until 1834...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
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This is ground-breaking research by Gillian Williamson. It shows that 30 years before Ignatius Sancho at least one Black voter participated in an election, and the implication must be that there were others like John London.
#skystorians
#skystorians
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is ground-breaking research by Gillian Williamson. It shows that 30 years before Ignatius Sancho at least one Black voter participated in an election, and the implication must be that there were others like John London.
#skystorians
#skystorians
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November 1736 - report in the press that Mr Duill, who keeps the German coffee house in St James's St, is to be made a page of the backstairs to the Princess of Wales.
The report is only slightly wrong, as Duill was actually made a page of the presence chamber.
@amyjanieh.bsky.social
The report is only slightly wrong, as Duill was actually made a page of the presence chamber.
@amyjanieh.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
November 1736 - report in the press that Mr Duill, who keeps the German coffee house in St James's St, is to be made a page of the backstairs to the Princess of Wales.
The report is only slightly wrong, as Duill was actually made a page of the presence chamber.
@amyjanieh.bsky.social
The report is only slightly wrong, as Duill was actually made a page of the presence chamber.
@amyjanieh.bsky.social
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It's the third week of Buckinghamshire History Festival and we have even more brilliant events for you to enjoy!
For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk
For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's the third week of Buckinghamshire History Festival and we have even more brilliant events for you to enjoy!
For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk
For more info and to book your tickets, head to histfestbucks.co.uk
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New episode of World's Turned Upside Down - a really great podcast for anyone interested in #18thCentury #C18th history 🗃
open.spotify.com/episode/61Z8...
open.spotify.com/episode/61Z8...
Episode 20: The Rebellion
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New episode of World's Turned Upside Down - a really great podcast for anyone interested in #18thCentury #C18th history 🗃
open.spotify.com/episode/61Z8...
open.spotify.com/episode/61Z8...