From what I read in Edward Phelips’s diaries of his trips to London he seems to take different routes. It took two full days of travelling from Montacute House to Parliament Street in London. This post looks at his route to London from Montacute in January 1779. The...
With Somerset District Council no longer running Dillington House from the end of September 2023, I wanted to share some photos of the interior. I thought I would include some photos I took some years ago on an Anglo-Saxon course. The tutors brought with them the...
In September 2023 Dillington House will no longer be run by Somerset County Council. It has provided a wonderful venue for residential adult education courses since 1949. In recent years the council expanded its offering as a venue for events, meetings, and weddings....
Main Photo Source: ‘George III (1738-1820)’ by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), c. 1761-62. Source: Wikimedia Commons.[i] The coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte took place on Tuesday 22nd of September 1761. It was nothing like the well planned and executed...
Main Photo Source: ‘George III (1738-1820), Queen Charllotte (1744-1818) and their Six Eldest Children’ by Johann Zoffany, Royal Collection. Source: Wikimedia Commons.[i] In the Commonplace book of Edward Phelips[ii] there are two poems about George III. The first...
This post looks at the early years of Edward Phelips V as described in his autobiography A Short Sketch of Anecdotes in My Life.[i] This work covers his life from his birth in 1725 until the end of 1788. 12th of April 1725: Edward is born at Park Place, Westminster,...
