Creator
Nicholas Carlisle.
Title
The Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Most Honorable Privy Chamber.
Coverage
London:
Publisher
Payne & Foss,
Date
1829
Description
Colchester’s fascination here—in contrast to Real Life in London—explores courtly intrigue and matters close to those with whom he associated. Obtained late in his life, just a few months before his death, this volume was likely bound in a tree calf binding after his death by Robert Riviere for a different owner. In his consideration Carlisle, himself a member of the Privy Chamber of George IV, reviews monarchs and their Privy Chambers from Henry VII to George IV and focuses especially on the men in the Privy Chamber and on the matters and concerns to which they attend on behalf of monarchs. In treating the subject comprehensively, he also addresses dress, the Chamber and Garden, and the role of the gentlemen of the Privy Chamber in coronations and in other events of royal significance.
Source
From the Collection of Brendan Clark