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2. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol5The old court suburbs: Kensington | British History Online

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   3 days ago · All the property of the Right Hon. the Countess of Blessington, retiring to the Continent." In 1851, during the time of the Great Exhibition, Gore House was made a "Symposium," or restaurant, by M. Alexis Soyer, whose cuisine, whilst chef of the Reform Club, enjoyed European fame.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lord_ByronLord Byron - Wikipedia

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   14 hours ago · Named the Bolivar, it was later sold to Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, and Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, when Byron left for Greece in 1823. Byron attended the beachside cremation of Shelley, which was orchestrated by Trelawny after Williams and Shelley drowned in a boating accident on 8 July 1822.

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5. www.british-history.ac.uk › survey-london › vol38Estates and houses before 1851: The Gore House Estate

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   1 day ago · D'Orsay, who was married to, but separated from, Lady Blessington's step-daughter, lived for a while in one of the smaller houses to the east of Gore House until, in 1839, he moved in with the countess.

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   4 days ago · The Countess's Connexion remained distinct from both Whitefield's Connexion in England and the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. In general the relationship was friendly and there was a considerable interchange of preachers between the three Connexions.

7. www.thedailytimes.com › opinion › richard-gardinerRichard Gardiner: The forgotten history of Memorial Day

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   4 days ago · In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.

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   Why did Lady Blessington come to Gore House?

   • Gore House became indeed a centre of attraction to the world of letters; for besides giving such dinners as Dr. Johnson would have thought "worth being asked to," Lady Blessington prided herself on her success in "bringing people together," in order to please and be pleased in turn.

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   Why did the Countess decide to secede from the Church of England?

   • By the summer of 1781 the Countess had decided with her usual impetuousness that she must secede from the Church of England. The consistory court had rejected her plea that Spa Fields was her private chapel and she had been unable to get any support from the Bishop of London.

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   Why did Lady Huntingdon leave the Connexional property?

   • In her will Lady Huntingdon left the Connexional property to her companion, Lady Anne Erskine, and other trustees. Lady Anne lived permanently in the chapel house at Spa Fields and so was probably able to interfere more in the conduct of chapel business.

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   Who lived in Kensington Square in 1750?

   • OLD KENSINGTON CHURCH, ABOUT 1750. OLD VIEW OF KENSINGTON, ABOUT 1750. Another resident in Kensington Square, during the early part of the present century, was Prince de Talleyrand, at one time Bishop of Autun, in France, and subsequently Ambassador-Extraordinary for that country to the Court of St. James's.

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   3 days ago · On a balmy summer’s night in 2007, a dozen or so representatives from An Garda Siochána stormed into a clearing somewhere near Blessington, County Wicklow, to break up an outdoor party that was just a few hours old.

10. internetpoem.com › george-gordon-lord-byron › biographyBiography of George Gordon Lord Byron - InternetPoem.com

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    3 days ago · Named the Bolivar, it was later sold to Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, and Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, when Byron left for Greece in 1823.Byron attended the beachside cremation of Shelley, which was orchestrated by Trelawny after Williams and Shelley drowned in a boating accident on 8 July 1822.