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Richard Rolt

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Richard Rolt (1724–2 March 1770) was an English writer, also known as a poet and librettist. [1]

25 relations: Ambrose Philips, Arthur Murphy (writer), Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), Christopher Smart, Dublin, George III of the United Kingdom, Henry Pelham, Jacobitism, James Boswell, James Oglethorpe, John Northall, Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Pietro Metastasio, Privateer, Richard Houston, Sadler's Wells Theatre, Samuel Johnson, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury School, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore), Vauxhall Gardens, Voltaire, Whigs (British political party).

Ambrose Philips

Ambrose Philips (167418 June 1749) was an English poet and politician.

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Arthur Murphy (writer)

Arthur Murphy (27 December 1727 – 18 June 1805), also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger, was an Irish writer.

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Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)

Bedford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2017 general election by Mohammad Yasin of the Labour Party.

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Christopher Smart

Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 21 May 1771), was an English poet.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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Henry Pelham

Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death.

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Jacobitism

Jacobitism (Seumasachas, Seacaibíteachas, Séamusachas) was a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed to restore the Roman Catholic Stuart King James II of England and Ireland (as James VII in Scotland) and his heirs to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.

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James Boswell

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer and diarist, born in Edinburgh.

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James Oglethorpe

James Edward Oglethorpe (22 December 1696 – 30 June 1785) was a British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, as well as the founder of the colony of Georgia.

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John Northall

Captain John Northall (1723?–1759) was an officer of the British Army and a writer.

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Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (18 January 1688 – 10 October 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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Pietro Metastasio

Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Pietro Metastasio (3 January 1698 – 12 April 1782), was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Richard Houston

Richard Houston (1721?–1775) was an Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in London.

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Sadler's Wells Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue in Clerkenwell, London, England located on Rosebery Avenue.

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School is an English co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, founded by Edward VI in 1552 by Royal Charter.

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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1692 – 26 September 1749) was a Welsh politician and prominent Jacobite.

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)

Thomas Percy (13 April 1729 – 30 September 1811) was Bishop of Dromore, County Down, Ireland.

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Vauxhall Gardens

Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden in Kennington on the south bank of the River Thames and accessed by boat from London until the erection of Vauxhall Bridge in the 1810s.

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Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on Christianity as a whole, especially the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech and separation of church and state.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rolt

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