tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post5955564800176587685..comments2024-03-18T08:22:55.193-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Tart of the Week: Fanny CreweHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-50800909319744303722016-05-13T10:40:26.324-04:002016-05-13T10:40:26.324-04:00Oh how interesting! Sorry for the late response b...Oh how interesting! Sorry for the late response but yes, it is a drawing by Downman :)Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-41446252148962432722016-04-02T21:44:44.255-04:002016-04-02T21:44:44.255-04:00Fanny was the wife of my 7 x great-uncle John Crew...Fanny was the wife of my 7 x great-uncle John Crewe. I'm descended from John's sister Elizabeth Crewe (who married John Hinchliffe, Bishop of Peterborough). Thanks for this post, very entertaining. Not sure if I like my relative called a tart but she probably deserves it lol One question, is the second portrait sketch by John Downman?<br /><br />And thanks for your book, Michael Allen. I have a copy :-)Brisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142912396292451614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-47260669706401167812016-04-02T21:31:24.230-04:002016-04-02T21:31:24.230-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142912396292451614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-10410080593681186492013-07-24T16:30:02.353-04:002013-07-24T16:30:02.353-04:00As a follow-up to my last message you might like t...As a follow-up to my last message you might like to know that Frances Anne Crewe and her husband were employers of the grandparents of Charles Dickens, as butler and housekeeper. Lady Crewe probably used her influence with George Canning to obtain a clerkship in the Navy Pay Office for Dickens' father. Sheridan succeeded Canning as Treasurer of the Navy, and John Dickens was said to be a favourite of Sheridan.<br />Michael AllenMichael Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-7573022820950496032013-07-24T04:59:35.949-04:002013-07-24T04:59:35.949-04:00She was a fascinating woman - I've been resear...She was a fascinating woman - I've been researching her and her family for many years. Her family are still around today, and so is Crewe Hall, though it's now an hotel. You might like to see my book "An English Lady in Paris", based on a diary she kept during a visit to Paris in 1786 - available on Amazon.Michael Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-12980303748895714122012-08-27T03:37:39.957-04:002012-08-27T03:37:39.957-04:00I understand that it does, however like gmail it d...I understand that it does, however like gmail it doesn't catch all the spam for me. I still received spam on a newer post this morning unfortunately.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-33378316346210177542012-08-26T18:54:31.395-04:002012-08-26T18:54:31.395-04:00Blogger has a spam filter these days.
Its not tha...Blogger has a spam filter these days.<br /><br />Its not that the word offends me, I just found it inappropriate for Mrs. Crewe – or at least what I know of her. Maybe tart has a different connotation in the UK these days, but to me it means a sexually promiscuous and loose virtued female.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-62567136725868976412012-08-26T18:20:23.171-04:002012-08-26T18:20:23.171-04:00I'm sorry the phrase offends you, I've use...I'm sorry the phrase offends you, I've used it for years now to bring a light-hardheartedness to the old Friday series. So it has stuck!<br /><br />Unfortunately this blog too also began without the word verification but as it got more popular it became a vital course of weeding out spam. I don't like it either, but I certainly also don't like erasing all the spam that I get without it even more!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-78910206667637822312012-08-26T18:10:33.338-04:002012-08-26T18:10:33.338-04:00To me it has other connotations. I was looking her...To me it has other connotations. I was looking her up because I recently re-read a Georgette Heyer book which repeated the True Blue phrase and I had never really known who they were talking about.<br /><br />Most of my blogging friends have removed the word verification captcha in their comments - in my case I found it hasn't particularly opened it up to spamJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-27170354587108807262012-08-26T12:06:56.941-04:002012-08-26T12:06:56.941-04:00I use the term affectionately, and not necessarily...I use the term affectionately, and not necessarily to denote an affair, more for their association of going against the grain.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-49143129455053990462012-08-26T12:04:04.417-04:002012-08-26T12:04:04.417-04:00Why call her a tart because she had an affair?Why call her a tart because she had an affair?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-86255941457712070892011-05-23T20:53:04.789-04:002011-05-23T20:53:04.789-04:00Ha! I need to see it myself. I just read the saucy...Ha! I need to see it myself. I just read the saucy book last year. Verrry interesting.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-20358020102587278942011-05-23T11:04:12.118-04:002011-05-23T11:04:12.118-04:00Talking of 18th century tarts called Fanny, I told...Talking of 18th century tarts called Fanny, I told my family that I wanted to watch the television adaptation of Fanny Hill. I just wanted to watch it for the costumes and hadn't realised what it was actually about. Only when I researched it did I understand why my parents had given me such a funny look.Ozorsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237462324216008958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-21756736427196352782011-05-21T14:40:56.741-04:002011-05-21T14:40:56.741-04:00Most of the portraits published online of Fanny do...Most of the portraits published online of Fanny don't do her description justice. It's hard to believe she's the same person!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-67426504781684221522011-05-20T22:56:52.176-04:002011-05-20T22:56:52.176-04:00She reminds me a lot of a relative that I have. Sh...She reminds me a lot of a relative that I have. She talks incessantly as well. <br /><br />Fanny's portrait is a bit unsettling. Her eyes are so dead looking! I'd imagine for someone who talks so much to be painted with such lively looking eyes!Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732028264170732529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-10457041791373785882011-05-20T16:35:16.618-04:002011-05-20T16:35:16.618-04:00LOL Excellent point!! (...although he was a drinke...LOL Excellent point!! (...although he was a drinker)Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-55168031962020790122011-05-20T12:23:03.773-04:002011-05-20T12:23:03.773-04:00I can't get past the remark on Fanny having &#...I can't get past the remark on Fanny having 'a considerable quantity of down about her mouth...'; catty doesn't even begin to describe Lady Douglas and I love it (even though she was obviously jealous of Fanny...how many chubby Sasquatches could pull a Sheridan?)SkittlesNPumpsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-45890786168328615832011-05-20T11:54:32.119-04:002011-05-20T11:54:32.119-04:00Thanks for this. I'd never heard of Fanny Crew...Thanks for this. I'd never heard of Fanny Crewe before and now I'm intrigued.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.com