Category Archives: Jane Austen

Actors Who Have Portrayed Multiple Austen Characters

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Daphne Slater took on the parts of Anne Elliot in Perusasion 1960 and that of Elizabeth Bennet in the 1952 production of Pride and Prejudice. Phyllida Law played Mrs. Austen in Miss Austen Regrets and Mrs. Bates in Emma 1996. … Continue reading →

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Regency Celebrity: Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (26 September 1748 – 7 March 1810) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently … Continue reading →

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Regency Celebrity: James Savage, Designer of St. Luke’s Church

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

James Savage (1779-1852) was a British architect, perhaps best known for designing St Luke’s Church, Chelsea. Savage was born in Hoxton, London, on 10 April 1779. He was educated at a private school in Stockwell and then articled to Daniel … Continue reading →

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The Magnificent Osterley Park, Backdrop for TV, Film, and Literature

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Osterley Park is a mansion set in a large park of the same name. It is in the London Borough of Hounslow, part of the western suburbs of London. When the house was built it was surrounded by rural countryside. … Continue reading →

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Regency Ghost Story from Viscount Robert Stewart Castlereagh

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, was an Irish and British statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the … Continue reading →

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Regency Personality: Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge KG GCB GCMG GCH PC (Adolphus Frederick; 24 February 1774 – 8 July 1850), was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke … Continue reading →

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Summer Banquet Blog Hop~Everyone to the Table – The Regency Breakfast Hour(s)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Welcome to Day 2 of the Summer Banquet Blog Hop. As part of the SBBH, I am giving away an autographed copy of three different titles (see below) from my catalogue. The giveaway is open internationally. Winners will be chosen … Continue reading →

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George Dance the Younger, Georgian Architect and Founding Member of the Royal Academy of Arts

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

George Dance the Younger RA (1 April 1741 – 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor and a portraitist. The fifth and youngest son of the architect George Dance the Elder, he came from a family of architects, … Continue reading →

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Life Beyond Bath (or) Regency Era Watering Holes

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

“Watering Holes” were part of the lifestyle of those of the haut ton during the Regency Era and beyond. At Bath and Brighton and Margate and Ramsgate, etc., people returned annually to drink the healing waters, attend the assemblies, and … Continue reading →

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No Longer a Bumpy Ride! The 1762 Westminster Paving Act…

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

In doing research for my newest release, THE MYSTERIIOUS DEATH OF MR. DARCY, which is set in Dorset, I came across the Purbek marble, a fossiliferous limestone found on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in southeast Dorset, England. That … Continue reading →

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