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A sketch of the life of Georgiana, Lady de Ros : with some reminiscences of her family and friends, including the Duke of Wellington / by her daughter, Mrs. J.R. Swinton.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1893 Swinton
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swinton, Blanche Arthur Georgina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- De Ros, Georgiana, Lady, 1795-1891.
- De Ros, Georgiana.
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1893.
- Physical Description:
- 182 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Murray, 1893.
- Contents:
- Princess Charlotte
- Jubilee of 1809 and 1887
- Anecdote of Lady Sarah Lennox
- Death of the Duke of Richmond
- Nineteen prime ministers
- Lord Melbourne and Sir R. Peel
- Marriage
- Early married life
- The Duke of Wellington
- Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway
- Mr. Huskisson's death
- The royal family
- Anecdotes of the duke
- Anecdote of Geo. IV
- Polignac
- The Duke of York's statue
- Marmont
- The duke's godson
- Lord Brougham
- London society in 1831
- The Hon. Emily Eden
- Death of the duke
- The duke's funeral
- The funeral procession
- Lord de Ros in Paris
- Napoleon III
- Letters from Varna
- Omer Pacha
- Lord de Ros in Turkey
- Pravadi
- Lord de Ros invalided
- Hon. Emily Eden at Broadstairs
- Life at Strangford
- Lady Westminster
- Lord de Ros at the tower
- Military visitors
- Friends and occupations
- Royal engineers at Runnymede
- Occupations
- The Waterloo Ball Room
- Waterloo Day
- The jubilee of 1887
- Waterloo reminiscences
- Visit to the queen
- Royal visitors
- Waterloo and vittoria
- The earl of Albermarle
- Life at Englefield Green
- The duke's letters to Miss J.
- Last Days
- Death of Lady de Ros
- Bishop Wilkinson
- Lord Dufferin's recollections
- Personal recollections of the great Duke of Wellington
- Brussels in 1814
- June 1815 at Brussels
- The Brussels ball
- Guests at the ball
- The eve of battle
- Tidings of the battle
- The duke's return
- The field of Waterloo
- Cambrai, 1816-17
- General Alava in Spain
- Mont St. Martin
- The Spanish prayerbook
- Walmer and STrathfieldsaye
- Ireland
- Life at Walmer
- Strathfieldsaye
- The Cato Street conspiracy
- The duke's precautions
- The ride from the mint
- Cantillon's attempt
- Napoleon and molé
- Mr. Pitt
- Talleyrand
- Sir R. Wilson
- Education of Spaniards
- Espionage.
- Notes:
- Contains list of illustrations.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in light blue cloth with linen grain with Lady de Ros's initials stamped in gold on front cover. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Seymour.
- OCLC:
- 1983374
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