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George Roberts (died 1860) was an English schoolmaster and antiquary.
Roberts was born at Lyme Regis in Dorset, where he was mainly educated. He then kept a grammar school there in Broad Street, Henry Parry Liddon being one of his pupils. [1]
Roberts acted as mayor of Lyme Regis in 1848–9 and 1854–5. From a young age he devoted himself to the history of the place and studied its archives. He became known for his knowledge of local history. [1]
Roberts corresponded with Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Babington Macaulay quoted him as an authority on Monmouth's Rebellion. Hepworth Dixon, in his Life of Admiral Blake, acknowledged obligations to Roberts. Around 1857 he moved to Dover, where he died on 27 May 1860, aged 57. [1]
Roberts published: [1]
Roberts edited for the Camden Society in 1848 the Diary of Walter Yonge of Colyton. On his account, the History of the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore (1842), of William Johnson Neale, was modified from a manuscript of his. [1]
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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC was a Dutch-born English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland with mistress Lucy Walter.
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coast at the Dorset–Devon border. It is noted for fossils found in cliffs and beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall – known as "The Cobb" – appears in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman, and the 1981 film of that name, which was partly shot in the town. A former mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, who founded the English colonial settlement of Somers Isles, now Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis also joined Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historic Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census gave the parish and electoral ward a population of 3,671.
Henry Hallam was an English historian. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he practised as a barrister on the Oxford circuit for some years before turning to history. His major works were View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (1818), The Constitutional History of England (1827), and Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1837). Although he took no part in politics himself, he was well acquainted with the band of authors and politicians who led the Whig party. In an 1828 review of Constitutional History, Robert Southey claimed that the work was biased in favour of the Whigs.
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II. Prince James, Duke of York, had become King of England, Scotland, and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace James II.
The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother James, Duke of York. The royal party went from Westminster to Newmarket to see horse races and were expected to make the return journey on 1 April 1683, but because there was a major fire in Newmarket on 22 March, the races were cancelled, and the King and the Duke returned to London early. As a result, the planned attack never took place.
Robert Vaughan (1795–1868) was an English minister of the Congregationalist communion, academic, college head and writer, from a Welsh background. He was professor of history in the London University, and then president of the Independent College, Manchester. He founded, and for a time edited, the British Quarterly.
John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett, of Hinton St George, Somerset, was an English sailor and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1621 and was later raised to the peerage.
Nathaniel Wade was an English lawyer and conspirator implicated in the Rye House Plot and participant in the Monmouth Rebellion.
George Philip Rigney Pulman (1819–1880) was an English journalist, antiquary, and writer on fishing. In 1857 he founded Pulman's Weekly News and Advertiser newspapers.
John Bowyer Nichols (1779–1863) was an English printer and antiquary.
Robert Aris Willmott was an English cleric and author. Christened Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott, he never used his second Christian name.
Robert Kemp Philp (1819–1882) was an English journalist, author, and Chartist.
George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883) was an English clergyman and author.
Henry Frederic Turle (1835–1883) was an English journalist, known as the editor of Notes and Queries.
William Fraser Rae (1835–1905) was a Scottish journalist and author.
James Macaulay was a Scottish medical man, journalist and author, best known as an anti-vivisectionist and periodical editor.
Henry Robert Reynolds was an English Congregational minister, college head and writer.
The Siege of Lyme Regis was an eight-week blockade during the First English Civil War. The port of Lyme Regis, in Dorset, was considered to be of strategic importance because of its position along the main shipping route between Bristol and the English Channel. Thomas Ceeley and Robert Blake commanded the town's Parliamentarian defences during the siege, which was laid by Prince Maurice between 20 April and 16 June 1644.
George Robertson (c.1750–1832) was a Scottish topographical, agricultural and genealogical writer.
Sir William Hodges (1808–1868) was an English barrister and legal reporter, who became in 1857 chief justice of the Cape of Good Hope. He was known also as an authority on railway law.