Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… was imitated elsewhere in the kingdom, in particular in Tunbridge Wells or Scarborough. A more or less self-appointed Master of Ceremonies, he soon stole the limelight and used his popularity to further the building of the Mineral Water Hospital, … Room ‘. 4 . The Gentleman’s Magazine, February 1741, p.102. His stroke of genius was to invent 5 the very function of Master of Ceremonies, which survived him and was exported to other spas in the kingdom. While it may have been gambling …
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