Bully Dawson, the Glossary
Bully Dawson was a notorious gambler from London, England in the time of Charles II.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: Blackfriars, London, Charles II of England, Charles Lamb, Coffeehouse, England, Guinea (coin), Joe Miller (actor), London, Roger de Coverley, She Stoops to Conquer, The Newgate Calendar, The Spectator (1711), The Squire of Alsatia, Thomas Shadwell, Whitefriars, London.
- English gamblers
Blackfriars, London
Blackfriars is in central London, specifically the south-west corner of the City of London.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
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Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Bully Dawson and Charles Lamb are People from the City of London.
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Coffeehouse
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Guinea (coin)
The guinea (commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.
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Joe Miller (actor)
Joseph Miller (1684 – 15 August 1738) was an English actor, who first appeared in the cast of Sir Robert Howard's Committee at Drury Lane in 1709 as Teague.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Roger de Coverley
Roger de (or of) Coverley (also Sir Roger de Coverley or...Coverly) is the name of an English country dance and a Scottish country dance (also known as The Haymakers).
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She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773.
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The Newgate Calendar
The Newgate Calendar, subtitled The Malefactors' Bloody Register, was a popular collection of moralising stories about sin, crime, and criminals who commit them in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The Spectator (1711)
The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712.
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The Squire of Alsatia
The Squire of Alsatia is a 1688 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Shadwell.
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Thomas Shadwell
Thomas Shadwell (– 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689.
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Whitefriars, London
Whitefriars is an area in the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.
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See also
English gamblers
- Albinia Hobart
- Ashley Revell
- Brian Epstein
- Bully Dawson
- Charles Wells (gambler)
- Clermont Club
- Edmund Dunch (Whig)
- Frank Jenner
- Frederick Standish
- Harry Bensley
- Horace Batchelor
- Isaac Nathan
- Joey Beauchamp
- John Aspinall (zoo owner)
- John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
- John Thurtell
- Joseph Jagger
- Nathaniel Bland
- Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore
- Sid James
- Terry Ramsden
- Thomas Panton (gambler)
- William Crockford