Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… Dance, ‘Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron Le Despencer’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 1345, 1776. Résumé A well-travelled man, Francis Dashwood, 11 th Baron le Despencer, was a founding member of the Dilettanti and the Divan Club, … has since come to be known as the Hell-fire Club. Thus, on the one hand, Dashwood’s life highlights the importance of traveling to London’s eighteenth-century club scene, specifically how the impressions gathered in other countries … People > Association Practices > Associational culture Mots-clés Blasphemy Diaries Grand Tour Politics Religion Secrecy Travel The history of Sir Francis Dashwood, 11 th Baron le Despencer (1708-1781), is marked by contradictions. Many of …
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