William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

 

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Marquess of Berkhamstead, Earl of Kennington, Viscount Trematon and Baron Alderney 

(April 26, 1721- October 31, 1765)

The Duke of Cumberland was the second son of King George II and Queen Caroline following Frederick, Prince of Wales. Despite being his parents' favourite, he had a coloured reputation among many throughout Britain. The Scots and Tories remember him entirely as 'Stinking Billy' and the Butcher Cumberland of Culloden for his show of brutality during said battle. His allies knew him as 'Sweet William' and heralded him for his military prowess and determination. Prince William Augustus was appointed into the 2nd Foot Guards Regiment and Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath at the age of 4 and developed his career afterwards as a Privy Counsellor to his father King George II and his nephew, King George III until his death.

Etiquette for the Ladies-in-Waiting by Miss Delaney Burney

1. If you find a cough tickling your throat, you must arrest it from making any sound. If you find yourself choking with forbearance, you must choke but not cough. 
2. In the second place, you must not sneeze. If you have a vehement cold, you must take no notice of it. If your nose membranes feel a great irritation, you must hold your breath. If a sneeze still insists upon making its way, you must oppose it by keeping your teeth grinding together, if the violence of the repulse breaks a blood vessel, you must break the blood vessel but not sneeze.
3. In the third place, you must not upon any account stir either hand or foot. If by chance a black pin runs into your head, you must not take it out. If the pain is very great you must be sure to bear it without wincing.
4.  If it brings tears to your eyes, you must not wipe them off, if they give a tingling by running down your cheek, you must act as if nothing was the matter. If the blood should gush by any means of the black pin, you must let it gush.
5.  If you are uneasy of making such a blurred appearance, you must be uneasy but say nothing about it. If, however, the agony is very great you may privately bite the inside of your cheek or of your lips for a little relief; taking care meanwhile to do it so cautiously as to make no apparent dent outwardly. And with the precaution, if you even gnaw a piece out, it will not be minded only to be sure either to swallow it or commit it to a corner of the inside of your mouth till they are gone for you must not spit. 

The Annals of Agriculture: 1780s

 

Arthur Young was a writer who writes numerous books on agriculture and other sciences despite not being a good farmer. Luckily he was an anonymous patron whom he commissioned a book for? This patron went by the name of Ralph Robinson of Windsor and his suggestions to Young's book revolutionised the agricultural industry. It sold out almost everywhere and farmers met newer standards daily with precursors for our modern health systems being established.

Who was this Ralph Robinson? 

Why he was none other than King George III himself writing from Windsor Castle in a rare moment of leisure!

God Save The King!

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