#William Horatio Powell

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🎉 Celebrating the life and career of William (Horatio) Powell; born on this date 131 years ago in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 🍸 🎭

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Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) & William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) Harlow was signed by director Howard Hughes, and her first major appearance was in Hell's Angels (1930), followed by a series of critically unsuccessful films before she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932. Harlow became a leading lady for MGM, starring in a string of hit films, including Red Dust (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Reckless (1935), and Suzy (1936). Harlow's popularity rivaled and soon surpassed that of her MGM colleagues Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. She had become one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s, often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde"; she was also popular for her "Laughing Vamp" movie persona. Jean Harlow was making her last film Saratoga, costarring Clark Gable. One day she was out ill with what they said was a cold. William Powell took the afternoon off work to take care of her, bringing her chicken soup and ice cream. There are different reports of her final days. “Only three weeks before she was stricken with the malady that was to end her life, she came to the studio carrying a cake with her. She was as pleased as a little girl with it. ‘This is our third anniversary cake,' she said laughing at the three little candles decorating the top. 'Bill sent it because it was the anniversary of our first date.'" -- Louella O. Parsons article, The Milwaukee Sentinel, June 15, 1937 #jeanharlow #williampowell #reckless #classicmovies #s #classichollywood #movies #oldhollywood #movie #cinema #goldenageofhollywood #hollywood #classicfilm #vintage #oldmovies #classicmovie #film #classicfilms #smovies #classic #classiccinema #classicmoviestars #films #vintagehollywood #classicactress #cinephile #actress #classichollywoodfilmstars #classichollywoodactress (at Brentwood, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8T26DUgmXk/?igshid=1mh9egqse1579

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The real women of Georgian era Britain & Ireland that inspired ‘Harlots’ (Part 2)

Georgian Britain and Ireland were full to bursting with brothels and bagnios, with the sex industry being one of 18th century Britain’s most lucrative enterprises. Whilst the women and girls who filled them enraptured the nation, their voices have all too often been lost to history and in favour of their aristocratic counterparts and greater men who sought to hide their own seedy practices. Harris’ List of Covent Garden Ladies, an annual gentlemen’s guide to London’s most enticing women shows us a vast spectrum of women who lived, worked and loved in a world that both caressed and disdained them. They came from all walks of life, and many tasted great success after finding favour with 18th century Britain’s wealthiest and most influential grandees. Others, however, were not so lucky. This post, created in two parts, sheds a light on some of the more prominent of these women, who left their mark on this country in some way, shape or form, and still captivate those of us who are inclined to adore them in the present day. Many of these women inspired the characters that are now so popular and beloved on Hulu’s period drama series ‘Harlots,’ though the truth is always stranger than fiction. Birth/death dates have been given when I have been able to scout out such information, as well as portraits/prints if they exist, and a source list will be given at the end of both posts. 

Mary Robinson (1757-1800) - Though Mary was born into a fairly well-off family, her childhood was troubled from the moment her father abandoned his family in favour of a life with his mistress. Mary’s mother educated all her children and Mary showed a promising aptitude for the arts (she had briefly attended a school run by the social reformer, Hannah More, and been noticed by the great 18th century actor, David Garrick) but this all came to a halt when Mary’s mother arranged a marriage between Mary and an articled clerk named Thomas Robinson, who claimed to have a large inheritance. Though Mary resisted, the marriage eventually took place and Mary came to discover that not only was her husband extravagant and unfaithful, but that he had also never had an inheritance in the first place. They found themselves constantly on the run from debt collectors before eventually, Thomas Robinson was thrown into the Fleet Debtors Prison. Mary and her 6-month-old daughter accompanied him and it is here that Mary began to write poetry, both as a way to pay off her husband’s debt and as a way to escape from reality. One of her earliest patrons and supporters in this endeavour was the socialite, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, who sponsored her first publication and encouraged Mary to pursue her dreams. It was this encouragement that prompted Mary, upon the release of her husband from the Fleet, to pursue a career in the theatre. She made her debut as Juliet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1776, and soon became well known for her breeches parts in various Shakespearean plays. Her most famous role was as Perdita in ‘Florimel and Perdita,’ an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘A Winter’s Tale.’ It was in this role that she caught the eye of the Prince of Wales (later George IV). He offered her £20,000 to become his mistress but it took Mary a considerable amount of time to decide whether to leave her husband to become a kept mistress or not. In the end, she decided to take the Prince up on his offer and became his first public mistress. However, he ended the affair in 1781 and did not pay out what he had promised. Mary managed to support herself through an annuity promised by the Crown, after she threatened to expose letters from the Prince she had in her possession. Though she had been a short-lived royal mistress, she was now a celebrity who sustained herself through several love affairs with notable men, after she permanently separated from her husband. Although Mary died alone and in relative poverty, she did spend the last years of her life writing in favour of women’s rights and feminist principles, leading her to earn the nickname of ‘the English Sappho.’ 

Elizabeth Needham (died May 1731) – Though very little is known about Needham’s early life, she became one of Georgian London’s most notorious bawds, praised for the exclusivity of her brothel in St. James (considered superior to even those of Covent Garden) but reviled for her ruthless brothel-keeping practices and methods of procuring girls. If her girls were unable to pay off their debts, she forced them to take on a higher intake of customers or sent them to the debtors’ prison herself, and if any of her girls became too ill or too old, Mother Needham had very few qualms about throwing them out onto the street. Mother Needham procured her girls through various methods: she poached them from other brothels, picked up homeless girls from the ‘bails’ of Covent Garden, deceived girls eating and drinking at Tom King’s Coffee House, or she acquired them from specialised auctions. Her favourite and most ruthless method, however, was to target girls fresh from the country, many without family (at least not in London) and deceived them with the promise of respectable employment. It earned Needham a fearsome reputation but her house was still popular with many of the country’s most important men, who in turn, were the main reason Needham’s house was raided very little (though during one raid, her house was burnt down, leading to the death of a French officer and the arrest of many of Needham’s girls) and she managed to evade arrest and punishment on multiple occasions. However, in 1730, following the trial of the notorious Francis Charteris for the rape of Ann Bond, a reforming Justice of the Peace named Sir John Gonson began to conduct raids on many of London’s brothels. Charteris had been a frequent customer of Needham’s house and Gonson was tipped off by the residences of Park Place that there was a disorderly house in the neighbourhood. Needham was arrested and hauled up before the court, where she was eventually found guilty of keeping a disorderly house, fined one shilling, expected to find sureties for her behaviour for the next three years and, most importantly, expected to stand twice in the pillory. On the 30th April 1731, Needham was brought to the first pillory in Park Place. Her connections meant she was allowed to be face down for the ordeal and was protected by a number of guards, but the crowd that gathered pelted her with such force that it was feared she would die before the punishment was out. The crowd was so large at one point that a young boy was killed by an iron fencing rail after trying to get a better look. Needham was taken from the pillory, alive but weak, and died the day before her second ordeal in the pillory. She had expressed great fear at having to stand in the pillory again before her death. No contemporary portraits of Needham survive but William Hogarth immortalised her in the first panel of ‘A Harlot’s Progress,’ where Needham lures a naïve Moll Hackabout, newly arrived from the country, to her brothel. Hogarth had met Needham once or twice and said that she was handsome even in her middle age, though her face was covered in patches to hide her pockmarks.

Emma Hamilton (also known as Amy Lyon and Emy Hart) (1765-1815)– Emma is now best known as the great muse of George Romney and the mistress of Horatio, Admiral Lord Nelson, but what is less well known is that Emma began her life in relative poverty, working her way up the ranks through various forms of domestic service and sex work. Born Amy Lyon in a village near Cheshire, Emma was raised by her single mother and her grandmother for the first years of her life. At a young age, she worked as a maid at the home of Doctor Honoratus Leigh, a surgeon working in Chester but who resided in Hawarden, Wales. After Emma was dismissed in 1777, she took a stage coach to London and took a domestic service job for the Budd family in Chatham Place. Here, she befriended a maid named Jane Powell who was also an aspiring actress. Jane let Emma accompany her to her rehearsals for various tragic roles, and Emma’s pretty face and joyful disposition was soon noticed and she was offered a job at Drury Lane Theatre as a dresser and maid to the actresses, one of whom included Mary Robinson. Emma’s next jobs included a posture girl at the Rose Tavern and as a model and dancer at the so-called ‘Temple of Health,’ run by a Scottish quack doctor who offered unconventional, mainly useless forms of treatment for aiding conception. It was around this time that Emma met Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh. Emma was fifteen and beautiful, and Sir Harry was captivated by her. He hired her to play hostess, entertainer and mistress at his estate in the South Downs. She apparently entertained Sir Harry’s guests by dancing naked on a table for them, but soon, Sir. Harry tired of his beautiful, new mistress and threw her over in favour of drinking and hunting with his friends. Emma became friendly with one of Sir. Harry’s guests, the boring but mirthful Charles Greville. When Emma conceived a child with Sir. Harry in 1781 and found herself abandoned by her old lover, it was Greville she chose to turn to. He promised to take her as his mistress and keep her in good style on the condition that she be his and his alone, and that the child be fostered by someone else (her daughter, Emma Carew, would see her often in the future, but for now, she was sent to a schoolmaster and his wife in Manchester). Greville moved Emma into a small house in Edgware Row, where he encouraged Emma to change her name from ‘Amy Lyon’ to ‘Emma/Emy Hart,’ and expected her to dress modestly and keep a quiet social life. Greville gave Emma elocution lessons and occasionally let his friends meet her. It was a rather stifling existence for Emma, as Greville was jealous and controlling, but also embarrassed to be too associated with a woman of such low birth and minor connection. At some point, Greville teamed up with the fashionable artist, George Romney, charging him with taking Emma’s portrait and hoping to make some money from them. Emma quickly became Romney’s muse, and he produced countless pictures of her, all beautiful and expressive, in the 1780s and 90s. Even well after Emma stopped visiting his workshop, Romney sketched her from memory and it is said that he was driven to his grave mad with love for her. In the meantime, though, Greville’s embarrassment of Emma began to grow, and when it became apparent that he would have to find a respectable wife, he decided to smoothly cast Emma off onto his uncle, Sir William Hamilton. Hamilton was quite a bit older than Emma and obsessed with antiques and collecting curious objects, and collecting Emma for his own keeping was no exception. Greville sent Emma to Naples, where Hamilton was the ambassador to the King and Queen of Naples, with the promise that he would join her there soon. Emma began to realise Greville had no intention to claim her but found she enjoyed life in Naples, and by this point, Sir William was falling deeply in love with her. In a bold move, he married Emma in 1791, and they settled in Naples, where Emma (now Emma, Lady Hamilton) would not only wow the Neapolitan court with her famous ‘Attitudes’ (tableaux vivant), but strike up a close friendship with the Neapolitan Queen, Maria Carolina (Marie Antoinette’s sister) and ultimately meet Admiral Horatio Nelson, the great love of her life. 

Frances ‘Fanny’ Abington (1737-1815) – Although most famous for her career on the stage of Drury Lane theatre, Fanny Abington (born Frances Barton), had very humble beginnings. As a young girl, she had to support her family and thus, she was a flower girl and a street singer as well as a prostitute. During this period of her life, Fanny showed a great aptitude for theatrics, often performing long Shakespearean monologues, even when she was as young as 12, in taverns to impress gentlemen. She became a servant to a French milliner (a profession that so often went hand in hand with prostitution in this period) which taught her about fashion and French language and manners, virtues that would have her in good stead in the future. Fanny first appeared on the stage of Haymarket Theatre when she was 18, in 1755, as Miranda in Susanna Centlivre’s play ‘Busybody.’ She joined the company at Drury Lane on the recommendation of the greatly admired actor, Samuel Foote. At first, Fanny was overshadowed by older, more established actresses and had to endure an unhappy marriage to her music teacher, James Abington. Her big break was as Lady Teazle in Sheridan’s ‘School for Scandal’; her success in the part won over the hearts of audiences and critics alike, who adored her for her wit and beauty and natural ability in comedic roles. Her nickname of ‘Nosegay Fan,’ acquired when she was a flower girl as a child, carried over into her adult life, and she also became an influencer of fashion through the outfits she chose to wear on the stage and when out in public. She had sporadic appearances on the stage from the mid 1780s to the early 1790s but officially retired in 1799, considered by contemporaries as one of the great comic actresses of the age.

Mary ‘Hellfire’ Davis (1742-1825) – Contemporaries wrote that Mary had been born ‘in a wheelbarrow’ in Covent Garden and this may be reflective of how humble Mary’s background and birth was. She entered the leagues as a beauty when she became a model for Sir Joshua Reynolds; this placement set her on her career as a courtesan. Her first major connection was with Simon Luttrell, Earl of Carhampton, an Irish aristocrat, nicknamed ‘the King of Hell’ for his rakish behaviour. It was through Luttrell that Mary earned the nickname of ‘Hellfire Davis.’ Luttrell introduced her to the son of a merchant banker, Alexander Nesbitt, and the pair married in 1768. Nesbitt settled his estate of Upper Norwood in Surrey on Mary for life. By 1772, Alexander was dead, after suffering from an isolating mental collapse from around 1769. The press hounded Mary, alleging that Alexander’s mental state and eventual death was due to Mary’s disrespectful treatment of him and unnatural behaviour as a wife. Mary continued her career as a courtesan, associating herself in particular with the Hon. Augustus John Hervey, with whom Mary lived in the late 1770s. She received the estate of Evedon on Hervey’s death, as well as a hefty amount of money and land. Her financial stability meant that Mary was at liberty to begin her own salon, where she entertained many Enlightenment thinkers and involved herself deeply within counter-revolutionary movements following the outbreak of the French Revolution.

Moll King (1696 – 1747) – Born Elizabeth Adkins, Moll went by several aliases but her most enduring was that of Moll King. Moll was exposed to London’s underworld from childhood, starting her career as a sex worker as a preteen and becoming involved with Jonathan Wilde (both an informant to the law-force and a gang-leader & criminal) who taught her to pick-pocket. She also married Thomas ‘Tom’ King as a young woman and became friendly with London’s most famous courtesan at the time, Sally Salisbury. In 1718, Moll was arrested for stealing a gold pocket watch and was sentenced to transportation to the Americas. When Moll was discovered trying to re-enter the United Kingdom, she was sentenced to death and only evaded this punishment through her connection to Jonathan Wilde. After returning to England permanently, Moll returned to her husband and opened up a stall in Covent Garden, selling nuts and other street foods. The stall grew and soon, the Kings’ small venture grew into King’s Coffeehouse. This was one of the most popular coffeehouses and taverns in London, frequented by members from all echelons of society.  Bawds and procuresses like Mother Needham used the coffeehouse to scout out potential new girls to fill their brothels, and gentlemen used it as a meeting place between their friends and paramours. Moll continued her theft and other underhand activities alongside Jonathan Wilde and she faced arrest, imprisonment and the threat of transportation several times before passing away in 1747. She had at that point, amassed enough money to pay for her son’s education at Eton school.

Teresa Constantia Phillips (known as Con Phillips) (1709-1765) - Con was born to a Captain in the English army, who fell into poverty very early on in Con’s life. At age 13, her godmother, the Duchess of Bolton, funded Con’s education at Miss Filler’s Boarding School in Westminster but when Con’s father married one of his servants, Con’s new step-mother cut off most of Con’s funding for her education and living. Con tried to earn a living as a seamstress and soon attracted the attention of the young Phillip Stanhope, 4thEarl of Chesterfield, who became enraptured by her and may have been the man who raped her at this time under the alias ‘Thomas Grimes,’ though there is speculation that Con’s rapist may also have been the Earl of Scarborough. Con herself believed that her rapist was most probably Stanhope (she seems to not have been 100% sure), claiming that Stanhope had a fascination with adolescent girls and virgins and had tied her to a chair and locked her in his rooms before raping her. This was a traumatic start to her career but soon after this ordeal, Con entered the leagues as a courtesan, allying herself with rich and influential men. In 1722, she married a man who eventually revealed he already had a wife but this bothered Con very little. Over the following years, she herself would marry several of the men she came into contact with, becoming a serial bigamist, and she was kept by many other influential gentlemen on top of these marriages. In 1732, Con had broken with one of her long-term keepers and was finding it hard to re-establish herself as a courtesan so instead decided to open a shop called The Green Canister on Half Moon Street (now Bedford Street in Covent Garden) specialising in condoms, sex toys, pornography and other sex related items. Her shop was particularly popular with women, and became infamous for its ‘flagellation machines.’ In the 1740s, Con wrote her scandalous memoirs, popular but widely criticised (interestingly, these memoirs also included a fan letter from Con to the castrato singer, Farinelli). By the 1750s, Con had settled in Jamaica with her lover but after his death, it is thought that she contracted at least three other marriages before passing away herself in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1765.

Sarah ‘Sally’ Lodge (died in 1735) – Sally’s parents died when she was very young and so she was placed into the care of a vicar who in turn placed her in domestic service, but Sally was eventually dismissed for petty theft. The vicar then had her apprenticed to a dressmaker for five years but according to Sally, she was mistreated by her employer and consequently, she ran away at age 14, working for a short while as a prostitute before starting her own brothel in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. Sally’s brothel was incredibly successful, mainly due to the number of influential visitors from the Court. Her establishment was praised by the poet, Alexander Pope, as well as the dramatist John Gay. Unfortunately, according to sources, Sally lost all her money after she was swindled by an Irish confidence trickster and was unable to re-establish herself as either a prostitute or madam due to her age. She traversed several paths in an attempt to regain her footing but ultimately failed and ended her life as a barmaid at the Whale Public House in Wapping, serving brandy and rum to the sailors.

Ann Duck (baptised in 1717– 1744) – Ann Duck was born to a black father (a teacher of swordsmanship) and a white mother in Surrey. By the time she was in her early 20s, she was already a respected member of the criminal gang ‘the Black Boy Alley Gang’ who operated around Clerkenwell in London. Ann was particularly skilled at petty theft as well as highway robbery and also subsidised the money she gained from her criminal activities with sex work. Though she was hauled up before the Justice several times prior to 1744, it appears that many were afraid to punish her because of the men she associated with and who were on her side. She was arrested 19 times before, in 1744, being sentenced to death by hanging at Tyburn after being found guilty of petty theft of five shillings and sixpence, though the fairness of Ann’s trial in this case is debated.

Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Armistead (1750-1842) - By her own admission, Elizabeth Armistead was born Elizabeth Cane on July 11, 1750 in humble conditions. Other than that, the details of early life are vague. Various publications said she was the daughter of a herb-vendor in Greenwich, whereas others claimed she was actually born to a shoemaker, a Methodist preacher, or market porter. She most certainly moved to the centre of London as a model for a hairdresser. She may briefly have worked as a dresser and maid to several of London’s finest actresses at Drury Lane Theatre, too. And at some point, Elizabeth’s charms caught the eye of one of London’s leading madams. According to a notation in Sir Joshua Reynolds notebook from 1771, he visited one Mrs Armistead (the name Elizabeth Cane had now started using for herself) at the brothel of Elizabeth Mitchell. Liz Armistead was charming and pretty. Her laid-back, cheery nature made her popular with men, particularly important and elite men from society’s uppermost echelons. Her first real keeper was Viscount Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke’s friends teased him about his affection for “the Armistead,” especially following several of them bursting in on an intimate moment between Elizabeth and Bolingbroke. This match cemented Elizabeth as a leading light in London’s bawdy firmament. At one point, Bolingbroke arranged for Elizabeth to try her hand at acting. Critics weren’t that impressed with her ability but they did praise her beauty, her singing voice, the way her figure filled her costume, and her smile. After a string of Dukes, rakes and new money, Elizabeth attracted the interest of George, Prince of Wales (latterly, the Prince Regent and King George IV). He made arrangements with his page to pay his addresses to beautiful Elizabeth and their first meeting was in an inn near Bushy Park. The newspapers were in their element after learning of this affair: the Prince had just broken off a passionate affair with the actress, Mary Robinson, and since both she and Elizabeth Armistead were celebrities, the press revelled in pitting the two women against each other in a bitter rivalry for the Prince’s affections. Mary Robinson was in luck, however, as newspaper rumours suggesting Elizabeth Armistead was a “mattress-vote” (a.k.a. trying to influence the Prince with her deep Whig sympathies) lead to the Prince leaving Elizabeth for his new flame, Grace Dalrymple. Elizabeth attempted to re-kindle the affair but to no avail. To avoid offending the future king, she arranged to take a Continental Tour with several of her noble lovers, but not before purchasing a small country estate in Surrey with the help of the Duke of Marlborough’s brother. When she returned from the continent, something had changed for Elizabeth. She had always been a staunch Whig and many of her friends and lovers were members or supporters of the party. One of her long-time friends was the unkempt, uncouth Whig leader and firebrand, Charles James Fox. Their relationship had never been romantic, nor even sexual but by 1783, the pair had settled down into a monogamous, loving relationship. In 1795, Fox and Armistead secretly married and spent their time most of their time either entertaining or gardening, which contrasts greatly with the chaos of their earlier lives. Fox came clean about his marriage in 1802 when he wished Elizabeth to be by his side, as his wife, when he was honoured by Napoleon. In 1806, Fox died of dropsy; reportedly, his last words were “Dearest Liz.” Elizabeth outlived Fox by almost four decades. She continued to live out her life as a respected politician’s widow, being paid a yearly stipend of £500 by King George IV for her earlier services to him (a payment that was later continued by George’s brother, William IV, and his niece, Queen Victoria). Elizabeth died at the age of 91/92 in 1842, very old but not miserable. Her lasting epitaph perhaps comes from Charles James Fox himself who wrote to his nephew following their secret wedding: I think my affection for her increases every day. She is a comfort to me in every misfortune and makes me enjoy doubly every pleasant circumstance of life. There is to me a charm and delight in her society which time does not in the least wear off and a real goodness of heart. If she ever had an equal, she certainly never had a superior.

Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754-1823) - Grace was born in Scotland in 1754, and soon after her parents’ separation, was sent to be educated at a convent in France until she was 16 years old. By the time she had moved back to England, she was already touted as a beauty, her features said to be striking and unique. This meant that she soon attracted the attention of the Scottish baronet and physician, Sir John Eliot, who eventually married the 17 year old Grace in 1771 (John was 18 years her senior). Grace enjoyed the lifestyle that came with marrying a man so well-respected in society but did not much enjoy married life and had soon begun an affair with one Lord Valentia. When her husband discovered the affair, he sued Lord Valentia for criminal conversation and is said to have been rewarded almost £12,000 as compensation. He divorced Grace, freeing her from the marriage, but now that Grace’s reputation was ruined, she would have to rely on the patronage of wealthy men who would seek her out for her beauty and witty company in return for stability and standing. After briefly fleeing to another French convent, Grace made a return to England in 1776 alongside Lord Cholmondeley, a known rake and philanderer, and this set her up in the leagues as a desirable mistress and companion. Her connection with Cholmondeley threw Grace into the notice of the Prince of Wales (latterly George IV), who is said to have been captivated by her portraits first and foremost. Grace was only very briefly a royal mistress but the affair produced a child in 1782, one Georgina Seymour. Grace insisted the child was the Prince’s (though rumours also speculated that the daughter may have been George Selwyn’s child, or Charles William Wyndham’s) but the Prince claimed that the baby’s skin was too dark to be his and the daughter was put into the care of Lord Cholmondeley. Just as Grace’s connection to Cholmondeley had introduced her to the Prince of Wales, now her relationship with the Prince of Wales brought her to the attention of the Duke of Orleans, who was, like many of Grace’s other flames, a well-known rake. Grace became one of his most established and recognised mistresses and the Duke granted her a permanent residence in Paris in 1786, as well as giving her several other properties. Although the Duke of Orleans was her main keeper, Grace continued to have affairs with members of the European aristocracy during her time in France. Grace would come to witness the outbreak of the French Revolution, being an eyewitness to the September Massacres and it is probable that Grace acted as a spy for the English, as well as risking her life to hide aristocrats from the Revolutionary government and arranging false travel documents for them to escape. Grace herself was arrested in 1793, and after the death of her former lover, the Duke of Orelans, she believed herself doomed too. However, the Revolutionary government spared her and she was released, allowed to live out the rest of her life in Paris before dying a wealthy, elderly woman. 

Jane Douglas (circa. 1700 – 1761) - In her time, Jane Douglas was known as the ‘Empress of the Bawds’ and her house in Covent Garden attracted many gentlemen from the highest echelons of society. Little is known of her early life, save for her birth in Scotland between 1698-1700, and the fact that by the time she was 17, Jane was already a sex worker in St. James in London. Her connection to many rich men and women meant that she was able to purchase her own house in St. James and begin procuring her own girls, choosing them based on their elegant manners and aptitude for sex. By 1735, she had moved to Covent Garden, her first property being close to the theatres (and Douglas often pimped out poorer actresses who subsidised their profession with sex work) and thus becoming immensely popular. Douglas furnished the house in the utmost style and hired liveried servants to wait on clients. In 1741, Douglas moved again, this to the opposite end of the main piazza of Covent Garden and made similar, elegant improvements to her property, installing it with the finest furniture and amenities so as to attract peers of the realm and men of high rank. Her prices were high but gentlemen paid for the surroundings as well as the girls, and were provided with condoms in a silk bag and cures for syphilis. For the most part, Douglas’ connection to influential men meant she usually avoided arrest and punishment but she did occasionally fall out with the Society for the Reformation of Manners, and with Sir John Gonson’s anti-vice patrols. She usually escaped with a fine only or used bribery to escape punishment completely, but Douglas did have to spend time in prison once or twice. 

Elizabeth ‘Edgeworth Bess’ Lyon – Bess is best known as the mistress and beloved of Jack Sheppard, one of the most notorious criminals in early Georgian London and the young man who gave his name to the popular saying ‘Jack the Lad.’ She was not only his lover, but his partner in crime, but what little we know about her is gleaned from the criminal records of Sheppard’s trial and from the contemporary media who blamed Bess almost entirely for the fate and lifestyle of her beau (even Jack himself, in his confession, would argue that he had been corrupted by Bess, due to her position in life as a sex worker). Bess is described by contemporaries as a ‘large, masculine woman’ with a fondness for drink. A relatively poor prostitute in Georgian London, by the time she had established a strong relationship with Jack Shepherd, they were working together in London’s underworld. Bess convinced Jack to live with her as her husband and their thefts became more and more ambitious. They were first caught by the law after the pair stole a pocket watch from a gentleman in Leicester Fields: Jack was arrested but Bess managed to avoid capture, until she visited Jack in prison the next day and was herself implicated. Remarkably, they both managed to escape prison, after Sheppard used a file to saw off his and Bess’ fetters, cut an iron bar out of the window and descend 25 feet down the walls of the prison by fastening a blanket to the remaining iron bars and lowering Bess and himself down to the ground. They returned to their life of criminality in the Georgian underworld and Jack was arrested another four times, escaping each time with Bess’ help. After his final arrested in 1724, after a large stealing spree in Drury Lane, Jack was sentenced to hang at Tyburn. He lay a lot of the blame for his life of crime at the door of Bess, who he confessed had led him to his life of vice and encouraged him to steal gifts for her. Jack was only 22 when he was hanged, a hero with the poor and entering folk legend but Bess was not so lucky; Jack’s confession was damning to her. It is not known whether she attended the execution of her lover or what happened to her after 1724. 

Dorothea ‘Dora’ Jordan (1761 – 1816) – Born Dorothea Bland (she would later change her last name to ‘Jordan’ to liken her crossing from Ireland to England to crossing the River Jordan) in Waterford, Ireland to an acting and musical family, Dorothea had to support her family from a very young age due to her father’s absence. Her mother was an actress herself by profession and noticed Dorothea’s talent early on and set her in good stead on the stage in Dublin. Around this time, Dorothea became the mistress to Richard Daly, the manager of the Theatre Royal in Cork where Dorothea first worked. He was married but Dorothea bore him a daughter, one Frances Daly. Daly was the first of many keepers who would support Dorothea financially and artistically, in exchange for a romantic and sexual relationship. She toured in northern England in 1782 before making her first appearance in London at Drury Lane, as Peggy in ‘A Country Girl.’ Dorothea would be a member of the Drury Lane company until 1809. She was an overnight sensation, best noted for her comedic roles and her breeched parts: it was said that Dorothea looked particularly good in male clothing as she had the most beautiful legs in the kingdom. During her time as an actress, she was kept by a Charles Doyne, Tate Wilkinson (who managed many theatres in the north of England), George Inchbald (actor brother of his more famous actress sister, Elizabeth Inchbald), and finally by a magistrate named Sir Richard Ford, who Dorothea met in 1786 and bore three illegitimate children. Dorothea soon realised that Ford had no intention of marrying her but it was around this time that she had caught the attention of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) and entered into a romantic, monogamous relationship with him. They lived together in relative domesticity in Bushy House and had at least ten illegitimate children together, all bearing the last name of Fitzclarence. Dorothea occasionally returned to the stage during this time, where she was still ever popular, and she was even relatively well liked by Prince William’s royal family. Dorothea and Prince William were obliged to separate in 1811 after the death of the heir to the throne, Princess Charlotte of Wales, as William, along with his brothers, was expected to marry a princess and produce children. Dorothea and Prince William’s children were loved by William’s new wife, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen but the same could not be said for Dorothea herself. She was awarded a stipend and custody of her children on the condition that she did not return to the stage but, after Dorothea’s son in law became heavily in debt, she had to return briefly to the stage to pay it off. Prince William received word of this and removed their daughters from her care and cut off her stipend. Dorothea fled to France to avoid her creditors in 1815 but died there just a year later, in relative poverty. 

Sources

The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital // Dan Cruikshank

The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution // Faramerz Dabhoiwala

Madams: Bawds and Brothel-Keepers of London // Fergus Linnane 

The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London’s Golden Age // Vic Gatrell

The Gin-Lane Gazette: A Profusely Illustrated Compendium of Devilish Scandal and Oddities from the Darkest Recesses of Georgian London // Adrian Teal

Amatory Pleasures // Julie Peakman

Night-Walking: A Nocturnal History of London // Matthew Beaumont, Will Self

A Grim Almanac of Georgian London // Graham Jackson, Cate Ludlow

Courtesans // Katie Hickman

The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack and the Extraordinary Story of Harris’ List

London, the Wicked City: A Thousand Years of Vice in the Capital // Fergus Linnane

Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson // Paula Byrne

Beloved Emma: The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton // Flora Fraser

Various editions of Harris’ List

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2019 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars Nominees

Listed by their hometowns. Here are the students nominated to be Academic All-Stars. They are listed by their hometowns as indicated by mailing addresses. ALMA EMILY FOWLER Mulberry High School BAY JACOB HARLEY OSTER Bay High School BEARDEN CASSIDY CLEMENS Bearden High School GARRETT MCWHORTER Bearden High School BEEBE TAYLOR DWAYNE BOYCE Beebe High School JOLEY MARIE MITCHELL Rose Bud High School MARIANNA KERSEY RICHEY Beebe High School BEE BRANCH ANDREA DE TOUR Arkansas Virtual Academy High School BENTON JULIANNA DEMI SORVILLO Bauxite High School KAYLA M. TREASITTI Glen Rose High School BENTONVILLE KENDRA RISENER Haas Hall Academy ANGEL SOTERO Bentonville West High School JESSICA YIN Bentonville West High School BERRYVILLE ALEX RUBEN MALDONADO-LOPEZ Berryville High School AMBER NICOLE VEACH Berryville High School BISMARCK LAUREN ELIZABETH CORLEY Bismarck High School BLACK ROCK PAIGE LEANN PENN Hillcrest High School BLYTHEVILLE CHANDLER SPROUSE Gosnell High School SHAKIAH WILLIAMS Blytheville High School BONNERDALE HANNAH DIGGS Centerpoint High School BOONEVILLE JUSTIN RONGEY Magazine High School BRINKLEY KEVON MALOID DILLWORTH Brinkley High School EMILY ANN TAYLOR Brinkley High School BRUNO LANE BOGLE Valley Springs High School BRYANT SYDNEY ELAINE BOWMAN Bryant High School HARRISON BENNETT DOWNS Bryant High School CABOT ZHENG HUI ZHANG Cabot High School CAVE CITY KENDALL TOWNSLEY Cave City High School CENTER RIDGE SOPHIA FRANCESCA ISELY Nemo Vista High School CLARKSVILLE BRADLEY SCOTT BUCK Johnson County Westside High School CLINTON JACOB ALLEN BURROUGHS South Side High School CONWAY MARY KATHERINE FREYALDENHOVEN Conway High School KENDON CRAIG MOLINE Conway High School CORNING CAROLINE GOODMAN Corning High School CROSSETT DAILEY MARIE CHAVIS Crossett High School BRYCE RICHARD MOON Crossett High School DAMASCUS CLAIRE ELIZABETH DREWRY South Side High School DES ARC LINDSEY NICOLE REIDHAR Des Arc High School DEWITT RACHEL DANIELS DeWitt High School ZONTRAY KENDALL DeWitt High School DONALDSON DYLAN JASHUN CLAYTON Bismarck High School DOVER Ethan Seth Owen Jacobs Dover High School EUREKA SPRINGS KAYDEN ECKMAN Eureka Springs High School EVANSVILLE JESSICA ANN GOLDMAN Lincoln High School FARMINGTON NICHOLAS JAMES ERICKSON Farmington High School REAGAN SIERRA WHITE Farmington High School FAYETTEVILLE CHLOE AUGUST BOWEN Springdale High School SOPHIE FERNANDO Haas Hall Academy JEREMIA LO Fayetteville High School HAMAAD MEHAL Haas Hall Academy SPENCER LEE WALKER Fayetteville High School FISHER ANNA CHAPLAIN Harrisburg College and Career Prep FORT SMITH JOHN TYLER FREENY Southside High School MADISON ISABELLA RENEE MARSH Southside High School GOSNELL KAYLEE JO MILLER Gosnell High School GREENBRIER MADELYN RENEE JAMESON Greenbrier High School CALEB WADE TAPLEY Greenbrier High School GREENWOOD JULIA KATHLEEN BRIXEY Greenwood High School TYLER LAWRENCE MERREIGHN Greenwood High School GREERS FERRY FAITH MARIE BIRMINGHAM West Side High School HAMBURG NIGEL LEWIS Hamburg High School BRENDA FAITH O'FALLON Hamburg High School HARRISON GRACE ESTELLE BRANDT Harrison High School BLAKE JOHN WILLIAM WHITMER Harrison High School HAZEN ROSS TIMOTHY HARPER Hazen High School HICKORY PLAINS JEREMIAH DESHONE WILLIAMS Des Arc High School HIGDEN NATHANIEL WYATT SMITH West Side High School HORATIO GRACE ELIZABETH HARRIS Horatio High School HOT SPRINGS RHETT BARRETT Cutter Morning Star High School FAITH ELIZABETH CARNIE Lake Hamilton High School JORDAN C. ERICKSON Lake Hamilton High School EMMA KIRSTEN FERGUSON Lakeside High School THOMAS IAN HOLLIS Lakeside High School ANTHONY ALEXANDER REITER Hot Springs High School MICAH TRAVIS Mountain Pine High School HUTTIG NASTAJAE ALIYAH ALDERSON Strong High School JACKSONVILLE BASIA YVONNE BROWN Jacksonville High School GERALD ANTONIO DONOHUE Jacksonville High School JONESBORO OPHIE COPELIN Nettleton High School JETT JACKSON Harrisburg College and Career Prep ISABELLE FLORENCE JONES The Academies at Jonesboro High School JOSHUA MILNES Nettleton High School ANNA ELISE OPPENHEIM Bay High School NIKKOLETTE AMANDA PERKINS Brookland High School SEAN A. ROADES Valley View High School KALLEN SMITH Brookland High School TRACY N. TANNER Valley View High School LEACHVILLE HALLIE ELIZABETH BROWN Buffalo Island Central High School KYLE BRADLEY THRASHER Buffalo Island Central High School LITTLE ROCK MOHAMMED ABUELEM Pulaski Academy MILLER CLARK BACON eStem High School NATHAN THOMAS BARBER The Academies at Jonesboro High School CAROLINE BLANSCET Little Rock Christian Academy ANA ABARCA CHAVEZ Hall High School REBECCA SUSAN DIXON Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School SARAH J. DOUGLASS Joe T. Robinson High School SULLIVAN WALTER FITZ Catholic High School for Boys CELIA KRETH Episcopal Collegiate School FELIPE MORALES OSORIO Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School CLAUDIA CATHERINE SMITH eStem High School ETHAN STRAUSS Episcopal Collegiate School LUKE WEINER Little Rock Christian Academy MICHELLE XU Little Rock Central High School RAMY YOUSEF Little Rock Central High School MCCRORY CHRISTIAN LITTLE McCrory High School MABELVALE HALEY AMBER STANTON LISA Academy West High School MAGAZINE EMILY STATON Magazine High School MAMMOTH SPRING DEVON CRAY Mammoth Spring High School MARION WESLEY JAMES BARRETT Marion High School MORGAN BRADFORD WHITED Marion High School MAUMELLE GARRETT MICHAEL BAKANOVIC Maumelle High School CHAD BOYD Maumelle Charter High School GENRIETTA CHURBANOVA Pulaski Academy LINCOLN MOSES Maumelle Charter High School VICTORIA ORTEGA Maumelle High School MAYFLOWER HAYDYN HUDNALL Mayflower High School MULBERRY JARRET CHAMBERS Mulberry High School NEWPORT NOAH BLAKE RABY Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts NORTH LITTLE ROCK SOPHIA LYNN CHIER Mount St. Mary Academy CHASE CHRISTIAN MOHR-MCELROY North Little Rock Center of Excellence Charter KATHERINE RAMIREZ North Little Rock High School CARRE'LLA SADLER North Little Rock High School IOAN BROWN SANDERS North Little Rock High School OZARK AUTUMN PAIGE FLAHERTY Johnson County Westside High School PARAGOULD EMMA FARMER Marmaduke High School MICHALA ANN MCPHINK Paragould High School JACKSON CHANDLER PARKER Paragould High School MADISON SHEA ROBINSON Greene County Tech High School PARON JOHN MATTHEW HOWARD Joe T. Robinson High School PEA RIDGE HALLEY LASTER Pea Ridge High School ALEC ANDREW MEREDITH Pea Ridge High School PINE BLUFF MORGAN EDWARDS Watson Chapel High School A'DARIUS LEE Watson Chapel High School PINEVILLE KENLEE KAY KILLIAN Calico Rock High School PLUMERVILLE GARRETT R. HENDRIX Morrilton High School POWHATAN CREEDEN JAMES RICHEY Hillcrest High School RAVENDEN SPRINGS EMILY CHEYENNE LUFFMAN Sloan-Hendrix High School REYNO CHANDLER CONYERS Corning High School RISON JUSTIN JACOBS Rison High School MACY RATLIFF Rison High School ROGERS ALISHA AJAY CHATLANI Rogers High School MORGAN DIBASILIO Rogers Heritage High School SIDRA NADEEM Rogers New Technology High School NATHAN POWELL SKINNER Rogers High School ADAM RYSZARD SIWIEC Rogers Heritage High School ROSE BUD CARSON DAVID LUCENA Rose Bud High School ROYAL ANASTACIA GLASCO Mountain Pine High School RUSSELLVILLE KAYLEE FREEMAN Hector High School SEARCY JACKSON TANNER BENIGHT Searcy High School LAUREN ELIZABETH BROWN Searcy High School SHERIDAN LAINEY FAITH HILL Sheridan High School LOGAN JAMES INGRAM Sheridan High School SHERWOOD TIMOTHY NATHANIEL ESPEJO Sylvan Hills High School CHASE MARIE SWINTON Sylvan Hills High School SILOAM SPRINGS CHRISTINE NICOLE HONN Siloam Springs High School OLIVER MONROE REID Siloam Springs High School SMACKOVER ROBERT THOMAS DIXON Smackover High School KAYLEIGH AMANDA YEAGER Smackover High School SPRINGDALE EDUARDO AGUILAR Springdale High School SPRINGFIELD CAROLYN HOPE HOPKINS Morrilton High School STUTTGART MARY SALLAH JIA Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts TRUMANN ZACHARY DAVID BURCHFIELD Trumann High School WALNUT RIDGE DEVIN FOSTER SMITH Greene County Tech High School WARD JESSICA DAWN VAUGHN Cabot High School WHITE HALL JUSTIN ROBERT DADY White Hall High School WINSLOW JOSEPH ANDREW TAYLOR Lincoln High School WYNNE KYRA LIANE DOBSON Wynne High School JACKSON CHARLES GEORGE Wynne High School 2019 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars Nominees

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Fanfic Masterlist

My fanfics organized by book and pairing. I’m always updating with new posts. Fell free to like, comment and share!

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TF/TS/TJ/TS - Zig Ortega X Scarlett Thomas (MC)

The Freshman

What got wrong - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Fixing this - Zig x Scarlett (MC) (NSFW)

Good Luck - Chris x Zig BrOTP / Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Someone Else - Zig x Scarlett (MC) x Chris

You need to be quiet - Zig x Scarlett (MC) (NSFW)

About a Girl - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

The Sophomore

Family Matters - Chris x Zig BrOTP / Zig x Scarlett (MC)

A surprise visit - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

If I got you in my bed - Zig x Scarlett (MC) (NSFW)

On the road - Chris x Zig BrOTP

Before the Finals - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Bonding - Becca x Zack Frenemies

Happy Birthday! Series - Zig x Scarlett (MC) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (NSFW) Part 4 

The first Valentine’s Day Series - Part 1 Part 2 (NSFW) Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 (NSFW) Part 6 Part 7 (NSFW) Part 8

Hometown Series

The Junior

Dawn Conversation - Zig x Scarlett (MC) (NSFW)

Domestic Life (Drabbles) - Zig x Scarlett (MC) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Early Days - The Junior Fanfic (About Scarlett’s childhood and teenage)

Ask game #1 #2

NSFW Alphabet - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

The Senior

Afternoon in The Park - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Late Night Road - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Summer is Early - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

Valentine’s Day Drabble

While She Was Away (Zig’s POV) - Zig x Scarlett (MC)

LoveHacks - Mark Collins x Renata Santorini (MC)

Arriving late - Mark x Renata (MC)

Fresh Start - Mark x Isaac

Friday Night - Mark x Renata (MC) (NSFW)

Next Step - Mark x Renata (MC)

Trustworthy - Mark x Renata (MC)

Grateful - Mark x Renata (MC)

Drabbles - Part 1 Part 2

Valentine’s Day Drabble

The Royal Romance #1 - King David Rys x Kelly Collingwood (MC)

Secret spot - King David x Kelly (MC) (NSFW)

Hold me - David (Liam) x Kelly (MC)

Destroyed - David (Liam) x Kelly (MC)

Forgiveness - David (Liam) x Kelly (MC)

Making Amends - David (Liam) x Kelly (MC)

Valentine’s Day Drabble

The Royal Romance #2 - Maxwell Beaumont X Jessica Dempsey (MC)

Morning thoughts - Maxwell x Jessica (MC)

The first date - Maxwell x Jessica (MC)

Put your records on - Maxwell x Jessica (MC)

Mean Side - Maxwell x Jessica (MC)

Kids - Maxwell x Jessica (MC)

Valentine’s Day Drabble

LoveHacks Non-canon couple - Horatio Santos x Dani Reynolds (MC)

The Reason - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Perfect Rhythm - Horatio x Dani (MC) (NSFW)

For her - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Surprises at Morning - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Childhood Traumas - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Her Family - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Little Things - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Desire - Horatio x Dani (MC)

Bloodbound Non-canon couple - Jax Matsuo x Adrian Raines (Jadrian)

Night Guest (NSFW) - Jax x Adrian

Brokenhearted - Jax x Amy (MC) x Adrian/Jax x Adrian

Feelings - Jax x Adrian

After Battle - Jax x Adrian

The Junior Non-canon couple - Zig Ortega x Chris Powell

Friends to Lovers Series: The First Time - Part 1 (N*SFW) The First Time - Part 2 (N*SFW) Secrets (Part 3) Sunday Morning (Part 4) Fun Before Work (N*SFW) (Part 5) The Party (Part 6) In the Alley (Part 7) The Bet (N*SFW) (Part 8) Prejudice (Part 9) Hurt (Part 10) Missing You (N*SFW) (Part 11) Am I Important? (N*SFW) (Part 12) Mistake (N*SFW) (Part 13) Too Late? (Part 14) Together (N*SFW) (Part 15)

New Tradition

Lift Me Up

You Do What I Say (N*SFW)

Veil of Secrets - Flynn O’Malley x Will Jensen (MC)

The Next Day - Flynn x Will (MC)

A New Life - Flynn x Will (MC)

Hot Shower - Flynn x Will (MC) (NSFW)

Waiting for the Thunder - Flynn x Will (MC)

Meeting at the Grocery - Flynn x Will (MC)

The Heist:Monaco non-canon couple: Uppercut Jones x Tiffany Aquila (MC)

Private Lessons (N*SFW)

Random pairings and plots

From Cordonia to NY - The Royal Romance Before Canon

One Night Affair - Bloodbound x Nightbound crossover - Jax Matsuo x Ashley Baxter (Bloodbound MC) x Cal Lowell - N*SFW

What Happened in Vegas Series: Drake Walker x Erika Williams (MC)

 Masterlist

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here you can find my favorite characters/love interests from each book! love interests will be bolded. 

perfect match: damien nazario, nadia park, sloane washington, hayden young, alana kusuma, dipper

the royal romance: olivia nevrakis, drake walker, king liam, maxwell beaumont, hana lee

the freshman, sophomore, junior: zig ortega, becca davenport, chris powell, zack, kaitlyn liao, james ashton, nathan sterling

bloodbound: kamilah sayeed, adrian raines, jax matsuo

veil of secrets: flynn o’malley, naomi sliverhawk, grant emerson, kate o’malley

high school story: michael harrison, maria flores, caleb mitchell, emma hawkins

#lovehacks: brooke williams, horatio santos, mark collins, cole, sereena patel

red carpet diaries: seth levine, matt rodriguez, teja desai

america’s most eligible: bianca, mackenzie, derek, lina, adam (?)

i’ll update this as new books/love interests are added

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Name List

List of first names of Civil War generals, with a few others

Alvin, Ambrose, Abner, Adelbert, Absalom, Augustus, Abram, Amos, Alonzo, Albion, August, Americus, Albin, Adin, Amiel, Alpheus, Adley, Archibald, Allison, Anthony, Asa, Albemarle, Amasa, Azariah, Allyne, Anson, Alvred, Ario, Alvan, Alanson, Adoniram, Ansell, Aquila

Brayton, Braxton, Byron, Barnard, Basil, Birkett, Bushrod, Beverly, Barton, Beroth, Bernard, Benezet, Bennett

Clifton, Creighton, Catharnius, Cyrus, Cassius, Clement, Clinmton, Cluvier, Conrad, Calvin, Carl, Cadwallader, Cullen, Collett, Camille, Carnot, Claudius, Carter, Cadmus, Cleaveland, Cecil, Caspar, Cary, Caldwell, Chester, Chauncey, Carr

Datus, Douglas, Douglass, Darius, Dudley, Danville, Dabney, Dandridge, De Witt, Delavan, Dwight, Delos, Duncan

Edwin, Egbert, Eugene, Elias, Eli, Ebenezer, Elon, Erasmus, Edmund, Emerson, Elazar, Elliott, Eliakim, Elihu, Erastus, Elkanah, Eppa, Evander, Elisha, Ezra, Everell, Enrico, Ellsworth, Emory, Ephraim, Embury, Elwell, Ernest, Eliphalet

Francis, Frederick, Fitz, Friend, Franz, Ferdinand, Fitzhugh, Felix, Ferris, Fielder

George, Gustave, Gustavus, Grenville, Gilman, Gershom, Gabriel, Galusha, Green, Giles, Griffin, Gouverneur, Godfrey, Goode, Gideon, Gilbert, Greely, Guy, Granville, Greenbury, Grover

Hugh, Hiram, Herman, Halbert, Hector, Horatio, Hamilton, Hylan, Humphrey, Harrison, Hartman, Harvey, Hasbrouck, Hannibal, Heber, Harris, Hollon, Hazard

Isaac, Isham, Irvin, Innis, Israel, Ira

James, Jubal, Jeremiah, Justus, Jasper, Julius, Junius, Johnson, Josiah, Jeptha, Judson, Jairus, Joab

Klaus, Kirby, Kenner, Kenton

Leonidas, Lothario, Lewis, Louis, Lafayette, Luther, Lawrence, Lysander, Lucius, Leonard, Lovell, Lorenzo, Lunsford, Lloyd, Leroy, Levin, Leander, Langdon, Lewellyn, Llewellyn, Loren, Lionel, Langhorne, Levi

Morgan, Merriweather, Mason, Marcellus, Manning, Milo, Mortimer, Mahlon, Montgomery, Marsena, Melancthon, Milledge, Maxcy, Micah, Mansfield, Moses, Mendal, Milton, Marcus, Mellen, Miles, Minor, Maxwell

Nathan, Napoleon, Newton, Nelson, Nicholas, Norton, Nirom, Newell, Noah

Ormsby, Oliver, Orris, Orrin, Orland, Orlando, Otho, Orville, Orion, Osborn, Otto, Orson, Oscar, Obediah, Orlow, Orpheus

Preston, Phillip, Pierre, Powell, Patrick, Pleasant, Pickney, Pennock, Pitcairn, Phineas

Quincy

Robert, Romeyn, Rufus, René, Rutherford, Ranald, Randolph, Raleigh, Randall, Roswell, Reuben, Russell, Rollin, Roeliff, Rush, Rue, Roscius, Rankin, Raynsford

Silas, Sylvester, Selden, Speed, Schuyler, Solomon, Sullivan, Sylvanus, Stewart, Strong, States, St. John, St. Clair, Sterling, Stand, Sidney, Smith, Sumner, Salmon, Seymour

Thomas, Thornton, Theophilus, Truman, Turner, Tyree

Ulysses, Uri

Victor, Van, Verplanck

Winfield, William, Washington, Willis, Wladimir, Wesley, Wager, Wade, Wilburn, Wilmot, Willoughby, Winsor, Wilhelm, Wells, Wlodzimierz, Warren

Xavier

Ziggy, Zealous, Zachariah, Zebulon

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Masterlist of Tags

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Happy Birthday,  William Horatio Powell (29 July 1892 – 5 March 1984)!!  William was an actor with MGM.  He was nominated for 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor for  The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), and Life with Father (1947).  He starred with Myrna Loy 14 times, to include the Thin Man series.  His final film was Mr. Roberts in 1955.  

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La Historia del Mundo y Honduras

La Historia del Mundo y Honduras

29/07/1892

Nació William Powell, fue un actor estadounidense

William Horatio Powell (Pittsburgh, 29 de julio de 1892-Palm Springs, 5 de marzo de 1984)1​ fue un actor estadounidense. Su personaje más famoso es el detective Nick Charles, en la serie de películas de los años treinta y cuarenta The Thin Man (El hombre delgado, basadas en la novela homónima de Dashiell Hammett), donde hacía pareja…

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William Powell Quotes

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About William Powell

William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor.

Famous William Powell quotes

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🎭 Remembering American actor William Horatio Powell (July 29th, 1892 - March 5th, 1984).

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🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to William Horatio Powell (aka "Nick Charles") born on this date; July 29th, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 🎂 🍸🎬.

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Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) & William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) Harlow was signed by director Howard Hughes, and her first major appearance was in Hell's Angels (1930), followed by a series of critically unsuccessful films before she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932. Harlow became a leading lady for MGM, starring in a string of hit films, including Red Dust (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Reckless (1935), and Suzy (1936). Harlow's popularity rivaled and soon surpassed that of her MGM colleagues Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. She had become one of the biggest movie stars in the world by the late 1930s, often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde"; she was also popular for her "Laughing Vamp" movie persona. Jean Harlow was making her last film Saratoga, costarring Clark Gable. One day she was out ill with what they said was a cold. William Powell took the afternoon off work to take care of her, bringing her chicken soup and ice cream. There are different reports of her final days. “Only three weeks before she was stricken with the malady that was to end her life, she came to the studio carrying a cake with her. She was as pleased as a little girl with it. ‘This is our third anniversary cake,' she said laughing at the three little candles decorating the top. 'Bill sent it because it was the anniversary of our first date.'" -- Louella O. Parsons article, The Milwaukee Sentinel, June 15, 1937 #oldhollywood #vintage #hollywood #actress #classichollywood #cinema #film #movie #instaartwork #vintagehollywood #hauntedlosangeles #fashion #glamour #life #instaartist #love #movies #beauty #oldhollywoodglamour #art #jeanharlow #oasis #beautiful #legend #haunted #williampowell #ghost #paranormal #reckless #losangeles #heartbreakcity #shawnvanbriesen (at West Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btn62eoBmrf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dj3dcpuqwurf