Grand Tour [ Mobility / Education ]
… Winch, ‘Smith, Adam (bap. 1723, d. 1790), moral philosopher and political economist’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. The eighteenth century saw a growing number of older British men and women travelling abroad. Some were … Chalus, ‘Fremantle [née Wynne], Elizabeth [Betsey], Lady Fremantle (1778–1857), diarist’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. This pressure was not simply about getting in enough practice. Grand Tour socialising often led to … Henry, tenth earl of Pembroke and seventh earl of Montgomery (1734–1794), army officer,’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online. Grand Tourists were frequently criticised either for picking up undesirable social manners or for only …
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