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A woman of colour at the Haymarket Theatre: Rachael Baptist?
View of the front of the old Haymarket Theatre, taken down in 1821, by unknown artist (1820 Etching). Image source: © The Trustees of...

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A Cromwellian Lord Deputy of Ireland in Stoke Newington: Charles Fleetwood
Fleetwood Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 (Photographed June 2024 © Breda Corish) In 2023, I was asked to give a local history talk...

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The making of Ireland's power couple in London: Duke & Duchess of Ormond(e) Part 2
How did James & Elizabeth Butler, the 12th Earl and Countess of Ormond first rise to the positions of Viceroy and Vicereine of Ireland?

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