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Abel Roper, the Glossary

Abel Roper (1665–1726) was an English journalist, who wrote in the Tory interest.^[1]

26 relations: Abel Boyer, Atherstone, Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, George Barclay (Jacobite), George Ridpath, Glorious Revolution, John Dunton, John Morphew, Jonathan Swift, Lillibullero, Lord William Powlett, Middle Temple, Richard Kingston, Richard Steele, Society for the Reformation of Manners, St Dunstan-in-the-West, Tom Brown (satirist), Tories (British political party), War of the Spanish Succession, Warwickshire, William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, William Thompson (Ipswich MP), William Trumbull, William Wagstaffe, Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, 1696 Jacobite assassination plot.
People from Atherstone

Abel Boyer

Abel Boyer (1667? – 16 November 1729) was a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.

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Atherstone

Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.

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Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh

Basil Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond (1668 – 18 March 1717) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Viscount Feilding from 1675 to 1685.

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George Barclay (Jacobite)

Sir George Barclay (c. 1636–1710) was a Scottish army officer who headed a Jacobite assassination plot against King William II of Scotland in 1696.

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George Ridpath

George Ridpath (died 1726) was a Scottish journalist, who wrote in the Whig interest. Abel Roper and George Ridpath are 1726 deaths.

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Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688.

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John Dunton

John Dunton (4 May 1659 – 1733) was an English bookseller and author.

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John Morphew

John Morphew (died 1720) was an English publisher.

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".

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Lillibullero

"Lillibullero" (also spelt Lillibulero, Lilliburlero, or Lilli Burlero) is a march attributed to Henry Purcell that became popular in England at the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Lord William Powlett

Lord William Powlett (baptized 18 August 1666 – 25 September 1729) was an English Member of Parliament.

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Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with which it shares Temple Church), Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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Richard Kingston

Richard Kingston (1635? – 1710?) was an English political pamphleteer, clerical impostor, and spy.

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Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele (– 1 September 1729) was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.

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Society for the Reformation of Manners

The Society for the Reformation of Manners was founded in the Tower Hamlets area of London in 1691.

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St Dunstan-in-the-West

The Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West is in Fleet Street in the City of London.

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Tom Brown (satirist)

Thomas Brown (1662 – 18 June 1704), also known as Tom Brown, was an English translator and satirist, largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe that he may have written concerning John Fell.

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Tories (British political party)

The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

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War of the Spanish Succession

The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (14 October 1672 – 15 December 1750), was Lord Privy Seal from 1713 to 1714.

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William Thompson (Ipswich MP)

Sir William Thompson (1678 – 27 October 1739) of Middle Temple, was an English judge and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1729.

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William Trumbull

Sir William Trumbull, PC (8 September 163914 December 1716) was an English diplomat and politician who was a member of the First Whig Junto.

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William Wagstaffe

William Wagstaffe (1685 – 5 May 1725) was a British physician.

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Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (until 1937 the Worshipful Company of Stationers), usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London.

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1696 Jacobite assassination plot

George Barclay led an unsuccessful attempt to ambush and kill William III and II of England, Scotland and Ireland in early 1696.

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References

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