Regency Crime and Punishment: The Terror of Drury Lane

Star (London) – Wednesday 23 October 1822 I found this anecdote of a disorderly woman referred to as the Terror of Drury Lane who frequented Continue

Star (London) – Wednesday 23 October 1822 I found this anecdote of a disorderly woman referred to as the Terror of Drury Lane who frequented Continue

Sister to Helen Blackwood and Lady Stirling Maxwell, Jane Georgiana Seymour nee Sheridan, was considered the beauty of the “Three Graces.” Beyond her beauty, including Continue

The Gentleman’s Magazine. (1821). United Kingdom: F. Jefferies. Elizabeth Inchbald’s life story was seen as one of romance. With her father’s passing when she was eight, leaving the Continue

Born in Surrey in around 1765, Sarah Hengler (maiden name unknown) was a tightrope walker who married another circus performer, John Michael Hengler. After her Continue