Category Archives: real life tales

During the Reign of George IV: The Shrigley Abduction, a Well-Developed Scheme to Marry an Heiress

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Shrigley abduction was an 1826 British case of a forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley. The couple were married in Gretna Green, Scotland, and travelled to Calais before Turner’s father … Continue reading →

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Regency Structures: The Burlington Arcade

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Burlington Arcade is a covered shopping arcade in London that runs behind Bond Street from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens. It is one of the precursors of the mid-19th-century European shopping gallery and the modern shopping centre. The Burlington … Continue reading →

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Regency Celebrity: Rev William Buckland, Palaeonthologist and Author of First Full Account of a Fossil Dinosaur

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

Yesterday, we learned something of the Red Lady of Pavilian. Today, I thought we should have a look at the Red Lady’s discoverer. The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an … Continue reading →

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During the Reign of George IV: The Red Lady of Paviland 1823, The World’s First Human Fossil Found

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Red Lady of Paviland is a fairly complete Upper Paleolithic-era human male skeleton dyed in red ochre. Discovered in 1823 it is the first human fossil to have been found anywhere in the world, and at 33,000 years old … Continue reading →

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Regency Economic Disaster: The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 was a hoax or fraud centered on false information about the then-ongoing Napoleonic Wars, affecting the London Stock Exchange in 1814. The du Bourg Hoax On the morning of Monday, 21 February 1814, … Continue reading →

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Regency Happenings: The London Beer Flood of 1814

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The London Beer Flood happened on 16 October 1814 in the parish of St. Giles, London, England. At the Meux and Company Brewery[1] on Tottenham Court Road, a huge vat containing over 135,000 imperial gallons (610,000 L) of beer ruptured, … Continue reading →

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Late Regency Happening: The Controversial Beerhouse Act of 1830

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Beerhouse Act 1830 (11 Geo 4. and 1 Will 4. c. 64) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which liberalized the regulations governing the brewing and sale of beer. It was modified by subsequent legislation … Continue reading →

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Happenings During the Reign of William IV: The Anatomy Act 1832

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Anatomy Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. IV c.75) was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament that gave freer license to doctors, teachers of anatomy, and bona fide medical students to dissect donated bodies. It was promulgated in reaction … Continue reading →

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The Murder Act 1751

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

The Murder Act 1751 (25 Geo 2 c 37) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Provisions The Murder Act included the provision “for better preventing the horrid crime of murder” “that some further terror and peculiar mark … Continue reading →

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Victorian Celebrity: John Nelson Darby, Father of Modern Dispensationalism and Futurism

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Regina Jeffers

John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) was an Anglo-Irish evangelist, and an influential figure among the original Plymouth Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism in the English vernacular. He … Continue reading →

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