#georgeiv — Public Fediverse posts
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#QueenCaroline returned to her Carriage & was driven to #WestminsterHall where, after again being refused entry, got out & walked unflustered in her elegant Coronation Dress to the rear of #WestminsterAbbey through Old Palace Yard & the College Garden. #Coronation #GeorgeIV
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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#Coronation of #GeorgeIV Soldiers from the FootGuard camped near #WestminsterHall with spectators arriving from 3am & Nobility arriving from 5. At 6.30am #QueenCaroline arrived in Dean’s Yard adjacent to #WestminsterAbbey causing an ‘extreme sensation’ when her entry was denied.
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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The contract for all of the carpentry associated with the #Coronation of #GeorgeIV had been won by Alexander Copeland & including the Abbey, #WestminsterHall, the Line of Procession & associated Barriers he used 60,000 square feet (5574 square metres or 1.37acres) of timber.
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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The ‘Line of Procession’ on which His Majesty paraded from #WestminsterHall to the Abbey was 3/4miles (1.2km) long, 30 feet (9m) wide & 5 feet (1.5m) above the ground to allow spectators the best view possible of their #King & the spectacle that followed him #Coronation #GeorgeIV
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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King #GeorgeIV’s #Coronation took place on Thursday 19July1821. The schedule dictated that His Majesty would appear in #WestminsterHall about 10am before walking along a raised ‘Line of Procession’ to #WestminsterAbbey where the Coronation Ceremony was to take place.
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
