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When King George IV tried to divorce Queen Caroline with maximum embarrassment, her barrister warned that two could play at that game.
Picture: By George Hayter (1792–1871), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted June 20 2021
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Facing defeat at the General Election of 1812, Henry Brougham stood before the voters of Liverpool and made a spirited defence of liberty’s record.
Picture: James Lonsdale (1777–1839), via the National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: ? Public domain.. Source.
Posted June 16 2021
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In 1840, Secretary at War Thomas Macaulay treated the Union Jack like a bully’s visiting card, but backbencher William Gladstone believed it deserved better.
Picture: By Michael Angelo Hayes (1820-1877), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain. . Source.
Posted June 13 2021
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The fort at Budge Budge near Calcutta proved stubborn against the massed artillery of the East India Company, but a tipsy seaman took it all by himself.
Picture: Dominic Serres (1722–1793), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted May 24 2021