Still going! Still clearing Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf's name from the calumny enshrined in wikipedia that he was dismissed for financial irregularities!
G3 presumably had fond memories of his father, Fritz of Wales.
A Hanoverian father-son pair that didn't hate each other? :P
Presumably Augustus thought Fred would publish, given at this point he and G3 were irrevocably estranged and Fred didn't care anymore?
Perhaps he thought Fred was a loose cannon and there was no telling *what* he would do?
He also joins the Irish Volunteers.
G3: Who will rid me of this troublesome prelate?
Frederick: I think I'm off to globetrot some more.
Hahaha, your commentary continues to deliver the entertainment. And speaking of the Volunteers, Wikipedia tells me:
The Volunteers (also known as the Irish Volunteers) were local militias raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War and the government failed to organise its own militia. Taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation with its rebelling American colonies, the Volunteers were able to pressure Westminster into conceding legislative independence to the Dublin parliament...According to Bartlett, it was the Volunteers of 1782 which would launch a paramilitary tradition in Irish politics; a tradition, whether nationalist or unionist, that has continued to shape Irish political activity
Sounds like a troublesome prelate indeed.
which he describes in various letters, including a fateful one, is for a French partition
Wooow. I did not know about this! Imagine *that* AU. (That reminds me, one of these days I need to read that Tim Blanning book on the French Revolutionary Wars that I bought a while back but got distracted from (as is my wont)).
At length the interruptions became so annoying that (the Earl-Bishop) could contain himself no longer and turning to the royal singer, said: "Pray cease, you have the ears of an ass."
I.e., the same guy Augustus didn't want getting his hands on the memoirs. Yep, that checks out.
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Re: Frederick Hervey: Said the Bishop to the Actress
A Hanoverian father-son pair that didn't hate each other? :P
Presumably Augustus thought Fred would publish, given at this point he and G3 were irrevocably estranged and Fred didn't care anymore?
Perhaps he thought Fred was a loose cannon and there was no telling *what* he would do?
He also joins the Irish Volunteers.
G3: Who will rid me of this troublesome prelate?
Frederick: I think I'm off to globetrot some more.
Hahaha, your commentary continues to deliver the entertainment. And speaking of the Volunteers, Wikipedia tells me:
The Volunteers (also known as the Irish Volunteers) were local militias raised by local initiative in Ireland in 1778. Their original purpose was to guard against invasion and to preserve law and order at a time when British soldiers were withdrawn from Ireland to fight abroad during the American Revolutionary War and the government failed to organise its own militia. Taking advantage of Britain's preoccupation with its rebelling American colonies, the Volunteers were able to pressure Westminster into conceding legislative independence to the Dublin parliament...According to Bartlett, it was the Volunteers of 1782 which would launch a paramilitary tradition in Irish politics; a tradition, whether nationalist or unionist, that has continued to shape Irish political activity
Sounds like a troublesome prelate indeed.
which he describes in various letters, including a fateful one, is for a French partition
Wooow. I did not know about this! Imagine *that* AU. (That reminds me, one of these days I need to read that Tim Blanning book on the French Revolutionary Wars that I bought a while back but got distracted from (as is my wont)).
At length the interruptions became so annoying that (the Earl-Bishop) could contain himself no longer and turning to the royal singer, said: "Pray cease, you have the ears of an ass."
I.e., the same guy Augustus didn't want getting his hands on the memoirs. Yep, that checks out.