Good Gentlewoman Blog posts Archive - Page 9 of 11

Published on: 9th August 2012

The Villiers family exploded onto the Royal scene in 1614 when George, later Duke of Buckingham, caught the roving eye of...

Published on: 4th August 2012

Today it seems incredible that the distinctive work of 'Curtain Master' William Larkin remained neglected and in question...

Published on: 30th July 2012

Maria Gunning must have been a tough act for Barbara St. John to follow. The five famous Gunning sisters were born in...

Published on: 25th July 2012

Who would live in a house like this? Well apart from Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII and other assorted monarchs, during the...

Published on: 17th July 2012

In which Anne fulfills a prophecy and saves a dynasty. Lady Johanna St John Anne St John was baptised at St Mary's...

Published on: 11th July 2012

When Charles I's coffin was opened during building work in St George's Chapel in 1813, Royal physician Sir Henry Halford...

Published on: 8th July 2012

It's tempting to ponder on how differently things might have panned out had Jane Seymour not been on the marriage market in...

Published on: 4th July 2012

Summer visitors to London still have plenty of time to catch The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned exhibition at Hampton...

Published on: 27th June 2012

When Sarah Whiting married Samuel Sparhawk on December 2, 1696 in Cambridge, Massachusetts the town was still a small...

Published on: 18th June 2012

Today's GG post takes a look at a less aristocratic but none the less interesting family and two women who lived an...

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