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Maria Edgeworth – Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer
In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at Maria Edgeworth, a prolific writer of adults’ and children’s literature who held advanced views on estate management, politics and education.
Maria Edgeworth by John Downman 1807
Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849
“As a woman, my life, wholly domestic, can offer nothing
of interest to the public.” Maria
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Maria Edgeworth was one of three children born to her father’s first, and least loved, wife.
Richard Edgeworth had four wives and twenty-one children. He had a large estate in Ireland. He experimented with education , using his children as subjects. Maria adored her father.
He brought her home from school when she was sixteen and set her as an assistant teacher to her siblings.
Maria Edgeworth
Maria’s family knew her as a warm, practical, volatile, loving person.
She became agitated over little upsets but was calm and efficient in major upheavals; she scoffed at the use of the supernatural and overly comic in books but enjoyed reading about them with her family.
She accepted her father’s philosophy of utilitarinism and incorporated its lessons in her stories for children.
Minature of Maria Edgeworth by Adam Buck c1790
She believed that a woman’s best profession was that of wife and mother, but never married.
She considered herself a critic of the feminist movement of Wollstonecraft and Mary Hays, but her writings mark her as a closet feminist; she also demonstrated an interest and competence in “masculine subjects” such as science, accounting, and logic.
At first, Maria wrote her books in collaboration or with the suggestion of her father. However with Letters for Literary Ladies and Castle Rackrent she wrote both of them without the knowledge of her father.
Regency Promenade – Henry Paget From Scandal to Hero by Nancy Mayer
Nancy Mayer looks at the life of Henry Paget in today’s Regency Promenade.
Sir Henry William Paget (1768-1854), 1st Marquess of Anglesey, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge
From Scandal to Hero.
Lord Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, Marquess of Anglesey.
When Henry was born, his father had the surname of Bayly and was Lord Paget.
The father adopted Paget as a surname when he was created the Earl of Uxbridge in 1784 . At that time, Henry became Lord Paget by which name he was known until 1812.
Henry, Lord Paget married Lady Caroline Villiers, daughter of the 4th Earl of Jersey in 1795, and had eight children with her.
Lord Paget was a member of parliament from 1790 to 1804 as well as between 1806 to 1810. Though he was elected to a seat in Parliament, Paget was also an active military officer.
Wikipedia says: Paget raised the regiment of Staffordshire volunteers and was given the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1793. He rose rapidly in rank after he had some experience.
Regency Promenade – The Brothers Scott
In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at the lives of The Brothers Scott.
William, who became Lord Stowell, and John, who became Lord Eldon.
Their father, William Scott of near Newcastle upon Tyne who made a modest fortune selling coal. He had thirteen children with his wife but only three sons and two daughter survived to adulthood….
William born with a twin sister in 1745; Henry; and John born 1751. Henry followed in his father’s footstep’s.
Regency Promenade – Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne
Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne, introduced by our Regency Promenade author, Nancy Mayer.
Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne, with her son
Lady Melbourne (née Milbanke: 1752-1818) was one of the most famous Regency Personages.
Her two claims to fame are her son William, husband of Lady Caroline Lamb, and her friendship with Lord Byron, the poet. She was also known for her political influence and her lovers, including George, Prince of Wales.
She was the mother of several children by three different fathers and only the eldest, Peniston, was thought to have been fathered by Lord Melbourne.
REGENCY PROMENADE – 3rd Earl of Bathurst
REGENCY PROMENADE featuring the 3rd Earl of Bathurst
Presented by Nancy Mayer
Earl Bathurst
Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst KG PC (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834).
He is one who is seldom written about yet he held high offices in the government for most of his life. He was very much in public eye and notice as a member of Liverpool’s cabinet during the Regency. He was secretary of State for War and the Colonies for 15 years.
The first Lord Bathurst was created a baron in 1711. The males went into law, politics and the church. The 2nd Earl, was a judge of common pleas, then Lord High Chancellor (head of the court of Chancery and speaker of the House of Lords). He was also High Steward of England for the Duchess of Kingston’s bigamy trial.
