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… Lady Hervey’s famous dinners for select groups of ‘ bel esprits ’, mixed established and up-and coming politicians with beautiful and/or witty women. Her invitations could be openly political, as was the case in November 1758 when she invited the leading … divisions that developed between the followers of the Prince of Wales, who sought the establishment of a Regency with the prince as Prince Regent, and the followers of the First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), William Pitt the …
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