Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… of sociability across his life. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Keywords Diaries Family Hospitality Navy Patronage Samuel Pepys’s impressive social rise, chronicled in his diary of the 1660s, owed much to his strategic … approach to sociability. Pepys had been born the son of a London tailor in 1633 and became Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board in 1660, thanks to the patronage of his first cousin once removed, the Earl of Sandwich. On this he observed … without merit brought me in, and that diligence only keeps me so’. 1 He set himself to master the business of the Navy Board, which was responsible for maintaining and supplying the navy. He did so through long hours at the office and …
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