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psalm22-6 · 2 months

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The Exhibitors Herald, June 1926

The first of the deluxe presentations was at the Forrest theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday evening. The audience was composed largely of members of the Advertising Clubs of the World, which was holding an international convention in the Quaker City, and the members of the Poor Richard Club. There were also present a large turnout of society, official and judicial life of Philadelphia. The other audience, which included Mrs. Coolidge, members of the diplomatic corps and Washington newspapermen, as guests of the National Press club, viewed the picture at a special screening Friday night at Poli’s theatre in Washington. General W. W. Atterbury; Senator-elect [and notorious political boss] Wm. S. Vare; Senator [and law professor] George W. Pepper; Lieut. Commander Geo. B. Wilson, U. S. Navy [not to be confused with the character from the Great Gatsby] ; Mrs. Barclay Warburton [civil rights supporter and journalist] ; Major Norman MacLeod; E. T. Stottsbury; Paul Thompson; Alexander Van Rensselaer; Mrs. Charlemagne Tower; Dr. H. J. Tily [department story owner, mason] ; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Reath; Frank Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. N. Snellenburg [merchant in clothing trade] ; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Block; Mr. and Mrs. Jules E. Mastbaum [movie theater and department store magnates] ; George Nitsche [possibly an affiliate of U. Penn]; Josiah H. Penniman [Provost of U. Penn] ; J. Willis Martin [a judge]; H. S. McDevitt; John J. Monaghan. Judge Buffington, of Pittsburgh; Thos Finletter [could be one of a a number of lawyers with this name]; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Einstein; Maurice Paillard, French consul; Robt. Von Moschzisker [justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]; Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick; Geo. H. Elliott, director of public safety; Chas. B. Hall, president of City Council; Dr. Charles Hart; Rev. Wm. H. Fineschriber; Chas Fox, district attorney [could be a coincidence but Charles Fox III and IV are both currently lawyers in Pennsylvania]; John Fisler, president Manufacturers Club [golf afficianado]; Albert M. Greenfield [real estate broker and developer]; Jos. P. Gaffney; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Gimbel [department store owner]; Daniel Gimbel [brother and co-owner along with Ellis]; J. D. Lit; Richard Gimbel [son of Ellis Gimble]; Benedict Gimbel [brother of Ellis and Daniel]; Colonel Robert Glendinning [banker]; Benjamin Golder [member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives], Agnew T. Dice [President of Reading Railroad]. Dr. Leon Elmaleh [founder of the Levantine Jews Society of Philadelphia]; H. Gilbert Cassidy [a judge]; Utley E. Crane [author of Business Law for Business Men]; Cyrus H. K. Curtis [magazine publisher]; Chas. S. Caldwell; G. W. Cole; Hampton L. Carson [lawyer, professor, state Attorney general]; A. Lincoln Acker [Philidelphia port collector]; Max Aron [lawyer]; Eugene C. Bonniwell [a judge]; Chas. L. Brown; Edward Groome; Chas. L. Bartlett; Edward Bok [editor of the Ladies Home Journal]; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Lorimer [editor of the Saturday Evening Post]; Edw. Bacon; Chas. Curtis Harrison [a judge]; Samuel S. Eels, Rev. J. J. O’Hara [future Archbishop of Philadelphia], and Bishop Thos. J. Garland, D. D. [Episcopalian bishop]

There were a bunch of Universal employees in attendance too but that's less interesting to me. Let's see who went to the Washington show

Both showings were under the auspices of Ambassador Henri Beragner of France and Marcel Knecht, French publisher and trade representative. Dr. Ferdnand Heurteur, leader of the orchestra of the Paris Opera House, came to the United States to conduct the orchestras at these two showings. Among the distinguished guests at the Washington showing were: Don Juan Riano, Spanish ambassador; Senor and Senora de Mathieu, Chilan ambassador; Raoul Tilmont, secretary, Belgium embassy; G. H. Thompson, second secretary, British embassy; A. J. Pack, British embassy; Eduardo Racedo and Madame Racedo, first secretary, Argentine embassy; Conrado Traverso, Argentine embassy; Dr. and Senora Velarde, Peruvian ambassador; Dr. and Madame Santiago F. Bedoya, secretary, Peruvian embassy; Senor and Senora Tellez, Mexican ambassador; Senor and Senora Castro, secretary, Mexican embassy; Ambassador de Martino, Italy; Colonel Augusto Villa, miltary attache, Italian embassy; Count and Countess Sommati di Mombello, Italian embassy; Signor Leonardo Vitetti, Italian embassy. Baron and Baroness Ago Maltzan, German embassy; Mr. and Madame Matsuidaira, Japanese embassy; Mr. and Madame Gurgel de Amaral, Brazilian embassy; Senor and Senora de Sanchez Aballi, Cuban embassy; Senor Don Jose T. Baron, secretary, Cuban embassy; Brigadier General Georges A. L. Dumont, military attache, French embassy; Mr. Jules Henry, first secretary, French embassy; Major and Madame Georges Thenault, French embassy; Captain and Madame Willm, French embassy; Mr. A. Konow Bojsen, secretary, Danish legation; Mr. and Madame Marc Peter, Swiss ambassador; Mr. Andor de Hertelendy, Hungarian embassay; Senor and Senora Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, Bolivian embassy. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Smiddy, minister, Irish Free State; Mr. and Madame Simoposilis, Minister from Greece; Mr. and Madame Prochnik, Austrian ambassador; Mr. and Madame Charles L. Seya, Latvian embassy; Mahmoud Samy Pasha and Madame Samy Pasha, Egyptian embassy; Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger, Minister from Czechoslovakia; Mr. Simeon Radeff, Bulgarian embassy; Mr. and Madame Jan Ciechanowski, Polish minister; Senor don Manuel Zavala, Nicaragua embassy, and Mr. and Madame Bostrom, Swedish ambassador.

#les miserables #lm 1925 #fans through the ages #the longest fucking list #losing my mind

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cartermagazine · 1 year

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Today We Honor Edward Alexander Boucher Born in 1852 in New Haven, Connecticut, Edward Alexander Bouchet graduated valedictorian from Hopkins Grammar School in 1870. That same year, he began his studies at Yale University. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 1874. Bouchet made history two years later, becoming the first African American to earn a doctorate degree in the United States. After earning his doctorate in physics, he taught at the School for Colored Youth in Philadelphia for more than 25 years. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #edwardalexanderbouchet #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQLtLQuAmY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #edwardalexanderbouchet #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #history #staywoke

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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Today is #GroundhogDay (US), #MarmotDay (Alaska), and #HedgehogDay (Europe), so here is one of each!

1 Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Woodchuck - Arctomys monax* E.K. / L. Prang & Co., 1874 1 print : color lithograph ; sheet 35 x 27.3 cm. Library of Congress *same species; alternate common name and older scientific name

2 Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)

HOARY MARMOT, or WHISTLER / Marmota caligata p. 535 in Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom by Edward William Nelson, 1918; illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Biodiversity Heritage Library

3 European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Hedgehog and Young Plate I in British land mammals and their habits by Alexander Nicol Simpson, 1911; illustration by C. F. Newall Internet Archive

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saintsarefake · 7 months

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man, i can't wait for edward to die in battle and stede to live in misery for the next month until his execution :D

i can't wait for you all to cry and scream at the top of your lungs ;)

i can't wait for this fandom to turn into a shit fuckery and burn down like the library of alexander :P

i love seeing people suffer and i can't wait for it to happen to all of you <3

#our flag means death #ofmd #just so you guys know i am 100% serious #I WANT YOUR HEARTS TO BREAK INTO BILLIONS OF PIECES AND BURN FROM THE INSIDE OUT #(affectionate)#all jokes aside i am joking i don't like seeing people upset and i hope the writers just have ed and stede fake their deaths #and run off to china don't forget about that #ofmd stede #ofmd spoilers #ofmd edward teach

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hodgman · 1 year

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Fort Warden State Park giving a lot of Edward Gorey. (at Alexander's Castle at Fort Worden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAYUljJJEk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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lost-in-sokovia · 2 years

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Please can you do a short summary of the Dano babies and which character they’re for I’m so invested!

yes i can!! thank you for asking!!😊

august edward nashton - auggie, the most popular dano baby so far, is edward nashton’s son from the batman. he doesn’t need much explanation, he’s all over my blog and easy to find under his tag :)

peony - peony is jay’s daughter from “okja.” she’s soft spoken like her daddy, has long dark locks that look like his, and is his absolute princess. sometimes when jay is on missions she doesn’t get to see him for a few days or even weeks, but jay always makes up for lost time. p likes to play with animals and dance. she’s a little sweetheart, and jay is constantly proud and thinking of her. (peony doesn’t get a full name because jay doesn’t have a last name, so she just gets a first name)

scout marigold dolarhyde - scout is percy dolarhyde’s daughter from “cowboys and aliens.” what more do i have to say about this baby? she’s percy’s pride and joy, he’s in love with his little baby girl. she’s nicer than her daddy, but she’s just as spoiled. everybody in town knows who scout is, considering percy always parades her around and always buys her the most expensive things. she wears her gingery hair in braids and her daddy calls her “goldilocks.” scout likes to draw and ride horses. she’s got her daddy’s wit and she’s a little charmer

thomas david sunday - tommy is eli sunday’s oldest son from “there will be blood.” he’s quiet and polite, very much like his uncle paul. he’s kind, helpful, and is always willing to help his daddy out. tommy looks like eli just alone by genetics, but he likes combing his hair the way eli does too and eli is so proud of his little boy. tommy likes to sing and build things. tommy often follows eli around and is very good at keeping up polite conversation with members of his daddy’s congregation when they shake his hand and ask him how he’s doing.

alexander eli sunday - alex is eli’s youngest son and middle child. he’s two years younger than tommy. he’s a sweet boy but he’s a little more rambunctious than tommy (and slightly insane like eli is but that takes a bit more diving into for a different post😀). alex looks like eli as well, but his hair is less unkept and he’s often covered in dirt of some sort. eli is kind of a mischief maker. daniel plainview likes alex, thinks he’s funny and has got good spirit, and that drives eli crazy. alex isn’t afraid to drive his father wild sometimes. he enjoys spending time with hw and his aunt mary (jesus christ that’s weird to say). alex enjoys mischief making and helping you do things around the house. despite how wild he is, he’s a momma’s boy

daisy elizabeth sunday - daisy is eli sunday’s only daughter and youngest child. she’s fifteen years younger than alex, seventeen years younger than tommy. daisy is a quiet little girl and the gem of the sunday family. the congregation absolutely adores little daisy, and eli capitalizes on that by often involving her during his services (which you hate and get on to eli about often. she’ll clutch onto her daddy’s leg as he goes on and on about being a prophet and you just shake your head. whether or not you believe what eli has to say is a different conversation for a different post as well😀). daisy has the same color hair and eyes as eli, all the sunday babies look like their daddy. she likes putting flowers in her hair when you braid it and put it up all pretty. daisy loves nature, reading, and baking. she’s a mommas girl

yelena peotrovna bezukhova - pierre bezukhov’s firstborn. she’s lively and outgoing, a bit tomboy-ish, and can get herself into trouble among the society quite easily. she’s got pierre’s curls that she likes to keep at shoulder length and refuses to grow out any longer than that. she has your eyes, however. she loves playing the piano and running about. lena finds the high society boring and that amuses pierre. every time she stirs up trouble he simply cannot stay mad at her or even get mad at her at all; he wishes he had her confidence and carelessness. yelena loves to mother her younger siblings, and she can be sort of a brat sometimes.

dimitri peotrovich bezukhov - pierre’s second born and oldest son. dimitri is much like his older sister in personality, for the two are only one year apart. he’s a bit more timid, however, just slightly enough that he questions things a bit more than yelena. he’s very good at riding horses, an area lena is not good in. dimitri is a carbon copy of pierre; eye color and shape, hair color and texture. dimitri is a bit of a klutz like his father, which annoys lena whenever they stir up trouble together. dimitri enjoys hanging about with his older sister.

novel peotrovich bezukhov - pierre’s third born. novel is much more quiet and reserved compared to his older siblings. he’s two years younger than dimitri, three years younger than yelena. he likes curling up with a book in a quiet place. he also enjoys writing poetry and stories, for he has quite an active imagination. he often tells stories to pierre at bedtime rather than pierre read to him, and pierre adores to hear just what his son comes up with. novel looks like his father as well. he’s the most welcomed child by the society, the rest of pierre’s children are a bit more looked down upon for their personalities. novel is naturally a polite and quiet young boy, which makes him favorable. he’s a sweetheart and loves his siblings even though they aren’t quite the same.

evva protrovna bezukhova - evva is pierre’s fourth child. she’s three years younger than novel, five years younger than dimitri, and six years younger than yelena. evva means “life,” and she was named that because there were troubles not only trying to conceive her, but when she was born as well. she looks like a little porcelain doll with her curls, big green eyes, and long eyelashes. she’s quite small having been born a bit earlier and weaker than usual. she is strong, however, and would eventually grow up to be a fine young lady. evva loves animals, always coming home with something new and begging you and pierre to let her keep it. she also enjoys the water, mermaids are her favorite mythical creature. she loves sleeping alongside yelena rather than in her own bed, and yelena loves to take care of her younger sister when she’s not being the rebellious child she is.

tatiyana peotrovna bezukhova - pierre’s fifth and youngest child. she is four years younger than evva, seven years younger than novel, nine years younger than dimitri, and ten years younger than yelena. her name means “fairy princess” and that’s exactly what she is. she’s the smallest bit of a brat, but not much. she enjoys dressing up and being treated like royalty and pierre absolutely indulges her wishes. she always has her chestnut hair done to perfection (she has learned how to do hair quite well) and adores using the title “countess.” she thinks high society balls are exciting and loves to go out and dance by herself or with her father on the floor. she doesn’t care for the interaction with the adults much, but she knows how to be polite like novel. she likes walking arm and arm with pierre which makes you giggle, giving up your husband to your daughter. pierre calls her “princess.” tatiyana also adores singing when her oldest sister plays the piano, and the two put on shows for the family very often.

annie hendrix taylor - joby taylor’s second daughter, only daughter with you. annie has dark hair and serious green eyes like her daddy. she was born four years after joby’s divorce from claire took place (so she’s probably around 9 or 10 years younger than ellen). annie is a bit quiet like joby. she’s very laid back but she’s shy to strangers. she understands his humor and her daddy can easily make her laugh. she’s just as clingy to him as he is to her. joby wants to make sure he’s there for annie and is better dad than he was to ellen, so he spends every minute possible he can with her. he still performs and when he does sometimes he brings her onstage at the end (if she’s not passed out in your arms, headphones over her little ears) and let her sing or just say goodnight to the crowd. joby started annie on guitar when she was little and annie also likes drawing.

ariel ivy klitz - ariel is klitz’s baby from “the girl next door”!! she’s got brown hair like her dad, but she’s got your eyes and most of your facial features. ariel loves watching “the little mermaid” because she knows that princess ariel is her namesake. ariel is more outgoing than her dad, and klitz just thinks she’s the cutest thing alive. ariel loves doing makeup and dressing up. she loves when auntie danielle does her hair and puts on fashion shows with her for uncle matt, uncle eli, and daddy. ariel is spoiled with attention by her family and is the funniest little girl ever.

peter matthew freeman - peter is matt’s son from “too young to be a dad.” essentially @spicedchaiandromeda and i took matt and like, made him older and talked about him in college. peter is genevieve’s little brother, he’s ten years younger than her. peter is very smart, just like his dad. as peter gets older he likes hanging around his sister, even though she’s way older than him. (sometimes, if she lets him, he’ll sleep in her bed because he just loves his older sister.) peter like playing video games and trying to explain them to you and matt. peter also likes making up little stories and telling them to you and matt. he’s such a sweet little boy and your little family loves him.

juni mae hoover - juni is dwayne hoover’s oldest daughter from “little miss sunshine.” you and dwayne had juni right after college. you got pregnant and told him on graduation day that you were pregnant. juni is quiet around people she doesn’t know, but she is so bubbly and smiley always. she’s a little firecracker when she gets to know somebody. she is more outgoing around her family, but she’s so quietly kind to everyone around her. she’s got dark hair like her daddy and green eyes just like his, too. juni likes making crafts. she’s very creative, and your house is filled with art by her. dwayne is a phenomenal father to her and has support from his dysfunctional yet loving family, and juni loves every single one of them.

luna jay hoover - luna is dwayne hoover’s youngest daughter and juni’s younger sister. she’s nine years younger than juni. luna is much quieter than her sister. she’s a dancer, growing up doing dance recitals, and when she’s older she learns french (to later on become a french teacher). juni looks after luna so well and is basically attached to her when she’s born. where juni was a daddy’s girl, luna is yours. she loves to be held by you. luna has the personality of her father, and she’s the sweetest little thing. she has an amazing bond with her older sister, and surrounded by her loving family she’s just sweet as can be.

benjamin thoreau weir-fields - ben is calvin’s first born from “ruby sparks.” ben wants to be exactly like his father… so. he wants to be a writer just like him. he wants to dress like calvin. he wants to look like calvin (even though he already does). he’s a lot more sensitive than calvin, which is saying a lot. he’s got the biggest heart and looks after his little sister with such love. ben likes spending time with calvin, he’ll sit on the floor of his daddy’s office while he writes and just stare at him because he loves the atmosphere. ben is full of love and wants to make everyone he meets happy.

eloise alcott weir-fields - eloise is calvin’s daughter, ben’s little sister. she’s a big ball of energy and constantly keeps calvin on his toes. calvin wants both of his kids to be writers, but el will just smile at her daddy and go “hmm, no! i want to be a singer!” and she will sing all around the house and just act like she’s the main character. el likes to do calvin’s hair when he’s too tired to tell her “no.” it’s very fun for her. she’s got a big heart like her brother and loves playing with him and singing songs for him.

that’s the rundown on all my dano babies!! thank you for asking about them because i really do put time into developing them and i hope to introduce more of them soon!😊💕💘💖👼🏻

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charlottemount · 2 years

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WILL I BE THE NEXT BRIDE? — Trent Alexander Arnold (Part 01)

summary: when y/n is a member of little mix, and the group members have good news one by one, will y/n and trent be next?

warning: english is not my first language

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y/username Such a wonderful night, to share this brilliant moment with you girls and our fans. LITTLE MIX FOREVER!✨

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perrieedwards ✓ Woohoo!! 🔥

leighanniepinnock ✓ Love you too baby

jadethirlwall ✓ The concert is over but i'm still pretty high

perrie.jade.y/n.leigh We love you very much @littlemix @perrieedwards @leighanniepinnock @jadethirlwall @y/username

y/username ✓ Love ya too

trentarnold66 ✓ ❤️❤️

dailymail ✓

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dailymail GREAT NEWS!! Leigh Pinnock and Perrie Edwards of LITTLE MIX, have posted these photos on their social account. As far as we know, Leigh Pinnock is engaged to Andre Gray and Perrie Edwards is also engaged to Alex Oxlad-Chamberlain. We also guess that fans are also waiting for news about Y/n Y/l/n and her boyfriend from Liverpool Trent Alexander-Arnold, well well comment if you guess they’re both also expecting some news or might be a another engagement will happen! 🤔😉

Congratulation to @leighannepinnock & @andreagray_, @perrieedwards & @alexoxchamberlain

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littlemix.fanss_ I really wish y/n will get married this year 🥹

abcd_eee_f.u Yeah me

y/username ✓ Hmmm…

touch.littlemix OMG Hi y/n!!! I really miss you

perrieedwards ✓ Thank you!

perriedwards_ So happy for them 🥹🥹

jadethir__ Gosh 🙄 They literally just broke up like 5 days ago

gwerrel Who just broke up? Y/n and Trent??

jadethir__ Yea, wtf? You don’t know?

justanotherday No way, that’s not true. They still follow each other on IG

chrlesthomm Yes way, i know i know it’s sad but true, just accept it honey. And y/n just unfollow Trent on IG

blueandgrey @y/username @trentarnold66 Is it true??

perrieedwards ✓ Better let’s us know before anyone else bestie!!!

y/username ✓ Of course, P!! 💗

y/username ✓

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y/username Aunty Y/n is baby Axel number 1 fan 👼🏻 Have fun and enjoy your night @perrieedwards @alexoxchamberlain

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alexoxchamberlain ✓ He might be missing us alot

y/username ✓ Nah nah he really happy to stay here with us

perrieedwards ✓ Tbh you are very suitable to be a mamma y/n 🥹

y/username ✓ Wait really? Am i? 😉😉

perrieedwards ✓ Maybe it a sight to make a baby girlllll

y/username ✓ Well i don’t think Trent ready for a baby tho

trentarnold66 ✓ Who told you that i don’t? @y/username

y/username ✓ Oh you you DID WANT A BABY?

trentarnold66 ✓ Oh hell yea

y/username ✓ Okay then

y/n.trentarnold66 *This account user is too stunned 😳 to speak*

trentalexanderarnold66_ @throughallthedayss READ IT!!! THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER ANGEL WILL COME SOON!!!!

throughallthedayss Wbdhejebdjsk!!!!

y/username ✓ Haha guys i’m just sayinggg 😹

trentarnold66 ✓

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trentarnold66 It’s a girl ☺️

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rebecca.reeh Omg what’s happening? is it real?

waaaaak Hold on!!! Don’t tell me that you’re expecting

jhenderson ✓ Mannn 😺

liverpoolfc ✓ Congratz

y/username ✓ Yayyy we are having a girl

perrieedwards ✓ ?? What do you mean?

y/username ✓ Me and Trent are going to adopt a baby golden retriever babe

perrieedwards ✓ LOL

y/username ✓

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y/username Daily routine!! 🫥

littlemixx Y/n are you really pregnant or its just a joke 🥹 i really wanna know

blue.redsliverpool Daddy Trent

unknownchild Stop using Trent for money and fame b*tch 🙃 i really don’t like it and i think you should break up

y/n_y/ln.fanpage And i also think you should fuck off :))) to @unknownchild, like your username… he don’t even know that you are exist so stop being a asshole

unknownchild Oh be y/n fan just for the fame i guess :))) I don’t want to waste my time for someone like you and your shitty account

y/n_y/ln.fanpage Haha goodbye “Karen”

trentarnold66 ✓ Love you baby

#football imagines #football fanfic #trent alexander arnold x y/n #trent alexander arnold imagine #trent alexander arnold x reader #trent alexander arnold imagines #trent alexander arnold

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free-for-all-fics · 1 year

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Obscure Characters List - Male Edition

Obscure Characters I love for some reason. (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why.

Abraham Alastor/Anthony Clarke (Dark Pictures Little Hope)

Adam (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Adam (Hallmark Frankenstein 2004)

Al Capone (Night at the Museum)

Alan McMichael (Crimson Peak)

Alec Fell (Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy)

AM (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)

Amphibian Man/The Asset (Shape of Water)

Anthony Walsh (Blood Fest)

Anton Herzen (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box)

Ardeth Bay (Mummy series)

Armand (Queen of the Damned 2002)

Armando Salazar (Pirates of the Caribbean 5)

Barnaby (Sabrina Down Under)

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns)

Baron Meinster (Brides of Dracula)

Beast/Hank McCoy (X-Men, Kelsey Grammer version)

Beast/Prince (Beauty and the Beast 2014)

Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer)

Bernard the elf (Santa Clause series)

Black Phillip (The VVitch)

Blade (Puppetmaster series)

Bughuul (Sinister 1 and 2)

Caliban/John Clare (Penny Dreadful)

Captain Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

Captain James Hook (Peter Pan 2003)

Cedric Brown (Nanny McPhee)

Christian Thompson (Devil Wears Prada)

Colonel William Tavington (The Patriot)

Cornelis Sandvoort (Tulip Fever)

Crown Prince Ryand'r/Darkfire (DC comics/Teen Titans)

Daniel Le Domas (Ready Or Not)

Death (Final Destination series)

Dimitri Allen (Professor Layton and the Unwound Future)

Dimitri Denatos (Mom’s Got a Date With a Vampire)

Dustfinger (Inkheart)

Dr. Alexander Sweet/Dracula (Penny Dreadful)

Dr. Gregory Butler (Happy Death Day 1 & 2)

Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)

Driller Killer (Slumber Party Massacre 2)

Edward Gracey (Haunted Mansion 2003)

Edward Mordrake (Urban Legend/American Horror Story Asylum)

Edward/Eddie “Tex” Sawyer (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3)

Elemer of the Briar (Elden Ring)

Erik Carriere (Phantom of the Opera 1990)

Ethan (Pilgrim 2019)

Father Gascoigne (Bloodborne)

Faustus Blackwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

Fegan Floop (Spy Kids trilogy)

Fox Mask/Tom (You’re next)

George Knightley (Emma)

Ghost/Mitch (Haunt 2019)

Godskin Apostle (Elden Ring)

Godwyn the Golden (Elden Ring)

Gold Watchers (Dark Deception)

Greg (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies)

Grim Matchstick (Cuphead)

Gurranq Beast Clergyman (Elden Ring)

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (Broadway, Rob Evan version)

Henry Sturges (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

Hugh Crain (Haunting of Hill House, the book and 1963 film. Not the Flanagan show or 1999 movie remake)

Hugo Butterly (Nancy Drew, Danger by Design)

Ingemar (Midsommar)

Jack Ferriman (Ghost Ship)

Jack Worthing/Uncle Jack (We Happy Few)

Jafar (Once Upon a Time, not the Wonderland spin-off)

Jan Valek (John Carpenter’s Vampires)

Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough/Alex (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter (Arkhamverse! Video Games)

Jester (Puppetmaster series)

John (He’s Out There)

Joseph “Joey” Mallone (Blackwell series)

Juan (The Forever Purge)

Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood (Elden Ring)

Kalabar (Halloweentown)

Kenneth Haight (Elden Ring)

Killer Moth/Drury Walker (Teen Titans)

King Paimon (Hereditary)

Lamb Mask/Craig (You’re next)

Lamplighter (The Boys)

Launder Man (Crypt TV)

Lawrence “Larry” Gordon (Saw series)

Loki (Apsulov: End of Gods)

Lucifer (Devil’s Carnival 1 & 2)

Magic Mirror (Snow White 1937/Shrek)

Man in the Mask (The Strangers)

Manon (The Craft)

Man-Thing (Marvel’s Werewolf By Night)

Marco Polo/Merman (Crypt TV)

Marcus Corvinus (Underworld series)

Markus Boehm (Nancy Drew, the Captive Curse)

Mephistopheles (Faust’s Albtraum)

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne)

Miquella (Elden Ring)

Mirror Man (Snow White and the Huntsman)

Mr. Crow/Aldous Vanderboom (Rusty Lake series)

Mr. Le Bail (Ready Or Not)

Mr. Slausen (Tourist Trap)

Nigel Billingsley (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Night’s Cavalry (Elden Ring)

Nothing (The Night House)

Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

Pierre Despereaux (Psych)

Prince Anton Voytek (Vampire 1974)

Prince Escalus (Romeo and Juliet, no particular adaptation)

Prince Quartus (Stardust)

Prince Septimus (Stardust)

Professor Petrie/Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera 1962)

Peter Quint (Turn of the Screw, the book and maybe some other adaptations. Not the Bly Manor Flanagan show.)

Reese Kelly (Scarlet Hollow)

Rene Belloq (Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Roland Voight (Hellraiser 2022)

Ronin (Star Trek)

Rorschach (Watchmen)

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Rusty Nail (Joyride trilogy)

Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Sam Wayne (Scarlet Hollow)

Silver Surfer/Norrin Radd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Simon Jarrett (SOMA)

Sir Lancelot (Night at the Museum 3)

Sportacus (LazyTown)

Starscourge Radahn (Elden Ring)

STEM (Upgrade)

Sutter Cane (In the Mouth of Madness)

Thantos DuBaer (Twitches 1 and 2)

The Auditor (Hellraiser: Judgment)

The Babadook (The Babadook)

The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed)

The Curator (Dark Pictures Anthology)

The Designer (Devil’s Carnival 2)

The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest/Professor Joel Barash/Steven Verdel (Wishmaster series)

The Faun (Pan’s Labyrinth)

The Fox (The Little Prince 1974)

The Jester (The Jester, A Short Horror Film series)

The Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)

The Knight/Tarhos Kovács (Dead by Daylight)

The Look-See (Crypt TV)

The Man (Carnival of Souls)

The Merman (Cabin In The Woods)

The Metal Killer (Stage Fright 2014)

The Mirror (Oculus)

The Narrator (Stanley Parable)

The Other (Hellfest)

The Phantom (Phantom Manor)

The Projectionist (Pearl)

The T-1000/Cop (Terminator 2, Terminator Genisys)

The Tall Man/The Entity (It Follows)

The Thing (The Thing 1982)

The Torn Prince/Royce Clayton (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

The Torso/James “Jimmy” Gambino (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

Thomas Alexander “Alex” Upton (TAU)

Tiger Mask/Dave (You’re Next)

Tommy Ross (Carrie, 1976)

Valak (The Conjuring)

Valdack and his real world counterpart (Black Mirror)

Van Pelt (Jumanji 2)

Venable (Wrong Turn 2021)

Viktor (Underworld series)

Viktor Frankenstein/Dr. Whale (Once Upon a Time)

Vladislaus Dracula (Van Helsing 2004)

Wade Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)

Wildwind/Dark Skull, Stormy Weathers, and Lightning Strikes (Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire)

“William”/The Headless Figure (Crypt TV)

William "Billy" Butcherson (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2)

Xenan the Centaur (Xena Warrior Princess)

#Obscure characters list #character list #Obscure characters #Characters list #Obscure fictional characters #Male Characters List #will be added to over time #I'm not even gonna attempt to tag this any further #It'd just be too much #Don't ask me to explain #I don't know what to tell you #characters I like inexplicably

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I've got blorbos you haven't even seen | an oc masterpost

all my blorbos! in alphabetical order. literally for my own convenience, but maybe yours for ask games as well.

Current OC count: 174 (+10 floaters)

Aiden Chase - Anxiety Story

Adelaide Rhiannon O'Shea - Anxiety Story

Amelia Kinsey - Inheritance Story

Alexander Gold - Magick Story

Ander Sage - Magick Story

Aristotle - Magick Story

Arthur - Princess Story

Abari - Hunter Story

Arin - College Story

Arkenji - Guild Story

Aline - Illusion Story

Alinora Briarwood - Romance Story

Ben Averis - Apocalypse Story

Breydan Yusai - Guild Story

Breeka - Thief Story

Beran Sunder - Pirate Story

Briar - Pirate Story

Berry - Pirate Story

Corm - Magick Story

Callum Blakesley - Youth Story

Copper - City Story

Cam - City Story

Caden - Ghost Story

Caro - Thief Story

Carmine - Princess Story

Dair Sin'Claybeak - Summon Story

Dahlia Starling - Magick Story

Daisy - Magick Story

(Lucas) Daniel Cardwin - Youth Story

Din/Dinah - Death Story

Darsh - Rain Story

Devin - College Story

Dreya - Thief Story

Eric Heyward - Anxiety Story

Erin Da'Virya - Summon Story

Ernest Jackdaw - Magick Story

Edwin Rose - Magick Story

Eveline Veery - Youth Story

Edgar - Void Story

Emrik - Ghost Story

Eksal - Hunter Story

Eshku - Mercenary Story

Era - Portal Story

Edward Valant - Romance Story

Fern - Magick Story

Fawn - City Story

Faroom - Space Story

Finnal Espris - Guild Story

Gareth - Princess Story

Ghand Sin'Blackstone - Summon Story

Grimes - Summon Story

Gale - Summer Story

Greg - College Story

Garnet - Magick Story

Galinhad - Emporium Story

Gemna Hyacinth - Pirate Story

Hadley James - Inheritance Story

Haezle - Emporium Story

Heidi Chorus - Magick Story

Holly - Magick Story

Hawk - City Story

Imire Da'Hala - Summon Story

Isabelle Levette - Youth Story

Irina Kovalenko - Youth Story

Idrian Sarendor - Guild Story

Ivan - Thief Story

Jaclyn Heyward - Anxiety Story

Jaf Ov'Beyn - Summon Story

Jessalyn Lark - Magick Story

Jaeyoung (James) Seo - Youth Story

Jet - City Story

Jalek - Space Story

Jaino - Rain Story

Jemmi - Rain Story

Jake - Summer Story

Jorand - Mercenary Story

Jack Sanderson - Romance Story

John Rusalo - Romance Story

Jorji - Emporium Story

Jaspera Ruse - Pirate Story

Kyle Heron - Magick Story

Kena - Rain Story

Kyt - Rain Story

Katlan - Thief Story

Katharine Briarwood - Romance Story

Ketki Beetle - Pirate Story

the Library - Magick Story

Lila - Magick Story

Lawrence Whitely - Death Story

Laisa - Hunter Story

Lin - Portal Story

Lunetta - Train Story

Lysandris Greylark - Pirate Story

Marianna Heyward - Anxiety Story

Melissa O'Shea - Anxiety Story

Madi Ov'Ubaran - Summon Story

Martin Glass - Magick Story

Mark Isanz - Youth Story

Moss - City Story

Maidred - Emporium Story

Max - City Story

Mar - Death Story

Myr - Space Story

Mandy - College Story

Marz Abisos - Guild Story

Mareye Abisos - Guil Story

Martain Abisos - Guild Story

Marlin Abisos - Guild Story

Marisse Abisos - Guild Story

Marelli Abisos - Guild Story

Marden - Mercenary Story

Mirai - Mercenary Story

Margaret Canton - Romance Story

Mariyen [redacted] - Pirate Story

Nathaniel Moss - Magick Story

Natalie Birch - Magick Story

Nykolas Argyros - Youth Story

Naki - Mercenary Story

Opar - Summon Story

Ondo - Guild Story

Petirik Ov'Rine (Masryune) - Summon Story

Persimmon - Magick Story

Pim - Death Story

Penn - College Story

Pellor - Guild Story

Poppy - Thief Story

Pascal Sanderson - Romance Story

Qaz - Ghost Story

Quental Kathur - Guild Story

Rhea Da'Yesul - Summon Story

Rasker Sin'Tinfinger - Summon Story

Roland Blakesley - Youth Story

Rune (Cloud) - City Story

Rowena - Princess Story

Ryland - Void Story

Rose - College Story

Reed - Thief Story

Samuel Ledell - Anxiety Story

Shae Da'Mika - Summon Story

Savannah Li - Youth Story

Shadow - City Story

Sardha - Rain Story

Sharajai - Mercenary Story

Sebastian - Train Story

Sondran Basil - Pirate Story

Sybil Valant - Romance Story

Theodore Heyward - Anxiety Story

Tims - Magick Story

Terence - Ghost Story

Tinmar - Hunter Story

Ty Carrow - Apocalypse Story

Toby - College Story

Teshek - Portal Story

Torash - Illusion Story

Ubaran - Summon Story

Umber - Pirate Story

Vivianne Oak - Magick Story

Viola Sage - Magick Story

Violet - Void Story

Vari - Space Story

Vern - Rain Story

Val - Death Story

Vyx - Emporium Story

Wesley Burke - Anxiety Story

Wryn Ov'Kastek - Summon Story

Winnie - Void Story

W'yn - Space Story

William Leighton - Romance Story

Xiyun Jinan - Guild Story

Yarrow - City Story

Yendan - Rain Story

Yashel - Guild Story

Yadsmyn - Mercenary Story

Zan Ov'Opar - Summon Story

Zen Ashri - Pirate Story

Floaters:

Lexi Ayre

Sage

Lin Meili

Mireille Bellerose

Tiger

Kyra Roselle

Elsie Martin

Marion Song

Jess Rider

Tris

more to come, I'm sure.

#sleepy stuff #sleepy's story stuff

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queersrus · 1 year

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hi!!! do you have any names (or pronouns) that are like. prince themed? princess is okay too! /nf :]

oui! of course, ma fleur royale!

prince-

names:

including names of princes and meaning prince

Prynce, Princey, Princie, Princer, Prinze, william, george, louis, harry, andrew, archie, edward, james, richard, michael, oscar, carl, philip, alexander, gabriel, julien, nicolas, haakon, sverre, magnus, frederik, frederick, christian, vincent, joachim, nikolai, felix, henrik, emmanuel, laurent, aymeric, amadeo, baldr, baldur, brioc, cynfael, regulus, brendan, mael, maelys, maelle, armel, adelio, mailys, alaric, balder, griffith, hector, henry, paris, rognvaldr,

1st p: i/me/my/myself

pri/prin/princes/princeself pry/pri/prince/princeself cro/crown/crowns/crownself hi/he/heirs/heirself

2nd p: you/your/yourself

pri/prince/princeself cro/crown/crownself hei/heir/heirself

3rd p: they/them/theirs/theirself

pri/prince/princes/princeself pri/ince, prince/princes cro/crown/crowns/crownself cro/own, crown/crowns crown/crowned crowned/prince he/hir/heirs/heirself he/heir, heir/heirs, he/ir

princess-

names:

including names of princesses and meaning princess

Pryncess, Prinzess, Prinzessa, Princessa, princesse, charlotte, lilibet, beatrice, eugenie, louise, anne, alexandra, michael, catherine, victoria, estelle, madeleine, adrienne, leonore, ingrid, martha, isabella, josephine, athena, elisabeth, eleanore, delphine, astrid, sadie, sarai, sharai, sara, sarah, zadie, soraya, adalinda, aricia, alyssa, anneliese, bano, chelidonis, camilla, damita, damyanti, deoch, diana, eadlin, erendira, farsiris, gormlaith, gladys, izella, kiana, maelie, orla, pari, quille, sabrina, saina, tzeitel, yseult,

1st p: i/me/my/myself

pri/prie/princess/princesself pri/prine/princesses/princesself cro/crown/crowns/crownself ti/tia/tiaras/tiaraself hi/heir/heiress/heiresself

2nd p: you/your/yourself

pri/princesses/princesself cro/crowns/crownself tia/tiaras/tiaraself hei/heiresses/heiresself

3rd p: they/them/theirs/theirself

pri/prine/princesses/princesself prin/cess, princess/princesses cro/crown/crowns/crownself cro/own, crown/crowns crown/crowned crowned/princess ti/tiara/tiaras/tiaraself ti/ara, tiara/tiaras he/heir/heiresses/heiresself heir/ess, heir/heiress, heiress/heiresself

many more names found here

did not include fictional or (many) historical names.

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alexanderchee · 1 year

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I really enjoyed my conversation with Tejas Srinivasan for his podcast Cultural Mixtapes. We spoke of my editing process for Best American Essays 2022, my writing process now, abandoned spaceships, and my lifelong habit of compulsively buying every book my writing heroes mention.

#best american essays #writing #writing process #metacognition #abandoned spaceships #bibliomania #alexander chee

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cartermagazine · 2 years

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#wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #edwardalexanderbouchet #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #history #staywoke

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zeehasablog · 1 year

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"The horrors of war" - N. Z. October 1864

A dance card for, then illustrated by Edward Arthur Williams (1824-1898)

Description: Ballroom scene at Government House, Auckland with soldiers partnering women in colourful ballgowns, a chandelier lighting the scene. The picture is attached to a green dance card belonging to the artist.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Dance card transcription (by me): Note: W=hand written; P=Printed on the card

[both pages have columns with numbered dances, and spaces to write engagements]

[under first headings:] [column one] [W:] Arrived at 9 - card has my [P:] 1. Quadrille [W:] (unintelligible) to Sir George & Mr Larkin [P:] 2. Waltz [W:] { observe the many lunatics & then [P:] 3. Galop [W:] with Miss D Lake ! [P:] 4. Lancers [W:] Miss Morel [P:] 5. Waltz [W:] Mrs Chapman [P:] 6. Quadrille [W:] Mrs Horan [P:] 7. P. Mazurka [W:] Ellen G. [P:] 8. Galop [W:] Mrs Munat [W:] (a charming Party) [column two] [P:] 9. Waltz [W:] Mrs Peak [P:] 10. Galop [W:] Mrs Cherry [P:] 11. Waltz [W:] ["Miss Morel" has been crossed out] [P:] 12. Quadrille [W:] [little scribble] [P:] 13. Waltz [W:] Miss Morel [P:] 14. Lancers [P:] { Supper with Beckam & Beak [P:] 15. Waltz [P:] Mrs Peak [P:] 16. Galop [P:] Mrs Chapman [W:] 1 a.m. God save the Queen & light a cigar for home

(I hope I got this all correct - Miss Morel MAY BE Miss Munat, but unsure.)

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Happy Founders Day to the Men of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 🖤💛❤️🤍❤️ Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (ΚΑΨ) is a historically African American fraternity. The fraternity was founded as Kappa Alpha Nu on January 5, 1911, at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership based on color, creed, or national origin through membership traditionally is dominated by those of African heritage. The fraternity has over 160,000 members with 721 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the US, and international chapters in the UK, Germany, South Korea, Japan, the US Virgin Islands, Nigeria, South Africa, and The Bahamas. The organization is known today as Kappa Alpha Psi was nationally incorporated under the name of Kappa Alpha Nu on May 15, 1911. The name of the organization was changed to its current name in 1915, shortly after its creation. The fraternity is unique among NPHC-affiliated organizations in that it has two names: Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) and Phi Nu Pi (ΦΝΠ). This second name is the source of the nickname for members, "Nupes". The founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. are Elder Watson Diggs, Dr. Ezra D. Alexander, Dr. Byron Kenneth Armstrong, and Atty. Henry Tourner Asher, Dr. Marcus Peter Blakemore, Paul Waymond Caine, George Wesley Edmonds, Dr. Guy Levis Grant, Edward Giles Irvin, and Sgt. John Milton Lee. Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare, and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the UNCF and Habitat for Humanity. Kappa Alpha Psi is a member of the NPHC and the North-American Interfraternity Conference. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi https://www.instagram.com/p/CnCHy9ZLLXE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi

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During the lifetime of Earl William, a general law was made in Sicily, whereby the intails and strict forms of succession, which had rendered certain estates inalienable, were abolished, and the persons lawfully in possession of such estates, became absolute owners, and, as such, enabled freely to dispose of them, and Earl William, being conceived by this to have become absolute owner of Bronte, made a will, attested, as required by the law of Sicily, by six witnesses, and thereby, after reciting that he had, by the law of Sicily, become the absolute proprietor of the Bronte estate, he appointed and nominated as his absolute heiress and free successor, in and to all his hereditary estates in Sicily, and particularly in and to the Duchy of Bronte, with all and every its rights, members, and appurtenances, his daughter the Lady Charlotte Mary Baroness Bridport, wife of Samuel Baron Bridport, in such manner, that his said absolute heiress and successor might have free and entire power and authority to take and enjoy the said duchy, for herself and her heirs, and to dispose of the same, as well by acts and deeds in her lifetime, as by her last will and testament.

Earl Nelson v. Lord Bridport, in Reports of Cases in Chancery..., vol. 32, p. 558-559.

Charlotte Mary was born on September 20th 1787 to Reverend William Nelson, older brother of the Hero of Trafalgar, and his first wife Sarah Yonge. Charlotte was born most certainly in the small village Brandon-Parva (Norfolk), where her father had settled as a country parson the year before, after marrying. In 1788, her mother gave birth to a boy, Horatio.

William Nelson, described as ambitious and rowdy, benefited greatly from his brother Horatio’s fortune. In 1802 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from both the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and the following year he was appointed a prebendal stall at Canterbury. In 1805, following his brother’s death, William succeeded him since Horatio had died without legitimate issue (Horatia, the Admiral’s only child by his mistress Lady Hamilton, had been excluded from inheriting her father’s titles and possessions and, to make it worse, William didn’t respect his brother’s wishes to look after her). William became thus 2nd Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough, 2nd Duke of Bronté, 1st Viscount Merton of Trafalgar and of Merton, with special remainder to his father and father's male heir and, failing them, his sisters Susannah Mrs Bolton and Catherine Mrs Matcham . In 1806 he and his successors in the title were granted £5,000 a year (the pension was discontinued in 1951 on the death of the 5th Earl, Edward Agar Horatio Nelson) plus a lump sum of £90,000 to buy an estate to be named Nelson and to be inherited by every successor of the title. The chosen venue was the manor house of Standlynch (in Downton, near Salisbury), previously owned by the banker Sir Peter Vanderput, which, after being bought by the Nelsons, was renamed Trafalgar House and then Trafalgar Park, and would be owned by the family until 1948.

In 1808, William’s heir Horatio died of tuberculosis while his wife, Sarah Yonge, died on April 13th 1828. The following year, 71-years old William married Hilare Barlow, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow and widow of her father’s cousin, George Ulric Barlow. No child was born out of this union and, when William died on February 28th 1835, at age 77, his daughter was his only living child and heir.

Previously, on July 3rd 1810, in the parish of Marylebone (London), Charlotte Mary had married Samuel Hood, second son of Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood, Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Caroline. In 1814 Samuel had succeeded (under the special remainder of that title in the Peerage of Ireland) his childless great-uncle Admiral Alexander Hood as 2nd Baron Bridport. Charlotte Mary would give birth to seven children, five daughters and two sons: Mary Sophia (1811-1888), Charlotte (1813-1906), Alexander (1814-1904), Jane Sarah (1817-1907), Catherine Louisa (1818-1893), Frances Caroline (1821-1903), and Horatio Nelson (1826-1832). The couple and their children resided in Cricket St. Thomas (Somerset), in the manor once belonged to the 1st Baron Bridport.

Upon her father’s death, Charlotte (as iy had happened to her cousin Horatia), being a woman, was unseated of her successions by her cousin Thomas Bolton, son of her aunt Susannah. Thomas, who legally changed his family name into Nelson as previously agreed, inherited all his late uncle’s titles except the Duchy of Bronté, who fell upon Charlotte, now 3rd Duchess of Bronté.

The Dukedom of Bronté (in Italian, Ducato or Ducea di Bronte) was a dukedom granted in 1799 to Horatio Nelson by King Ferdinando of Naples and Sicily (later Ferdinando I of the Two Sicilies) to thank the Admiral for saving the kingdom from being conquered by the French revolutionary forces of Bonaparte and (perhaps more importantly) having helped the Bourbonic royal family to repair to Sicily following Naples’ occupation by the Frenchmen and the instauration of the Parthenopean republic. It took its name from the town of Bronte, near Catania, where stood the Castello di Maniace, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 12th century, which King Ferdinando donated to Nelson and his heirs. The title gave its holder the right to sit in the Sicilian Parliament within the military branch and was bestowed to whomever the precedent owner desired, strangers included. Nelson (and his heirs after him) was even given the power of mero et mixto imperio, such as the concession given to a feudal lord to administer justice. Misto imperio regarded low justice, such as the right to impose light sentences, such as mild corporal punishments, imprisonment and small fines. Mero imperio granted its holder the right to imprison, exile and condemn to death.

Nelson never visited his Sicilian estate (nor did his brother William), but seems to have much appreciated the title since he signed his will Nelson Bronte. Coincidentally, Nelson’s appointment as Duke of Bronté allegedly inspired Irish Anglican priest Patrick Brunty, father of the more famous writer sisters, to change his family name into Brontë.

When the Sicilian Consitution of 1812 abolished the feudal system, William (and his heirs after him) maintained his feudal rights, at the expense of the people of Bronte. The Dukedom of Bronté, with its feudal connotation (aggravated by its foreign origins), was seen in England as an embarrassing relic of the past, but this never stopped the Nelsons to jealously hold on to it.

Thomas Nelson died on November 1835, merely nine months after his uncle William, and was succeeded by his son Horatio, 3rd Earl Nelson. Not satisfied with all the titles and possessions he had just inherited, Horatio decided to also claim the Dukedom of Bronté. Charlotte Mary and her husband were forced then to embark on a long legal dispute (which lasted from 1838 to 1847) that would end with the verdict, dated March 12th, which would acknowledge Lady Bridport as the legitimate bearer of the title.

It wasn’t affection that had prompted the Duchess to protect her rights, but rather her interests to keep enjoying the dukedom’s lucrative profits. In fact, her first trip to Bronte had been a complete disaster (on her side). Around 1836, Charlotte Mary had convinced her reluctant husband to visit their Sicilian estates. For a refined and classy woman like her, the Sicilian rural landscape was unbearably primitive and squalid. Shocked by a ride on sedan-chair hanging between two donkeys, by the dark volcanic panorama, and by the gruesome tale of the atrocities perpetrated by the people of Bronte during the 1820 Revolution (in their eyes, the manor was the symbol of oppression and abuse, and so they retaliated by beheadings and disembowellings the tyrant’s representatives), she swore she would “never came back to the Island unless there was a revolution in England, and even then would probably go elsewhere”.

The Barons Bridport kept relying on the Thovez family in the management of the property. Philip Thovez had administrated the Duchy on behalf of William Nelson since 1819. When Charlotte Mary inherited the title in 1835, she confirmed the older Thovez, who kept superintending until 1837 (he would die two years later), when he retired in favour of his son William. With their masters so far away, the Thovezs acted like they were the true owners of the estate. They vexed the people of Bronte, closing the trazzere (rural roads that allowed access to the fields and allowed the cattle’s passage), imposing the payment of a toll and fencing woods and pastures, thus preventing poor people from collecting wood and fruits. Transgressors caught red-handed were whipped on the spot or denounced to the public authorities (conniving with the Duchy’s representatives), which condemned them to heavy fines or even imprisonment. The people of Bronte would keep living in a feudal world, even when, in 1841, the Bourbonic government ordered the transfer of a fifth of the many fiefs’ properties to the various surrounding towns so that it could be split to the destitutes. The Duchy refused to comply until 1846, when they were forced to cede to the town of Bronte ”metà delle terre boschive, un quarto delle terre aratorie e pascolabili e un terzo di quelle vulcaniche“ (half of the woodland, a quarter of the fields and pastures, and a third of the volcanic areas). The 1848 Revolution blocked the official distribution, but the same year indigent farmers occupied the vineyards and a part of the Duchy’s plots. William Thovez protested about the damage suffered and managed to obtain that a troop of the National Army came to Bronte to stop the squatters. Once the order was restored, the land division could be started, but the plots were given to the notables (nobles and bourgeoises) and not poor people as it should have been.

On May 11th 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi and his troops landed in Marsala (western Sicily), starting the Expedition of the Thousands, which led to the conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ruled by the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies. As temporary head of State of the newly conquered territories (Garibaldi acted as Dictator on behalf of Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, King of Sardinia), the Hero of The Two Worlds issued a series of statements, among them he urged the Sicilian picciotti (lit. guys) to fight the Bourbonic army; abolished the much hated tax on the mill, reformed the National Guard; crimes of homicide, theft, looting and destruction were to be judged by Councils of War and nobody could take the law into their own hand. On June 2nd, Garibaldi issued the decree which abolished the large estates, whose territories had to be shared among the needy and those who had fought for the liberation of Sicily. The Island was divided in 23 districts and new governors were elected for each district. Finally, on August 3rd, the Statuto Albertino (Kingdom of Sardinia’s consitution) was adopted also in Sicily.

The people of Bronte (like many thousands others) had put much faith in Garibaldi and his decrees. So it shouldn’t be a surprise they were very distresses to see that not only the Dukedom wasn’t abolished (nor was the tax on the mill) and its lands given to the town of Bronte, but Thovez had managed to convince the new Governorr of Catania to put up some posters on Bronte’s house walls which ordered the population to respect the Dukedom’s property. Moreover, even British General Consul for Sicily in Palermo, John Goodwin, had pressured Garibaldi to safeguard the Nelsons’ interest and “avvertire energicamente il Comitato di Bronte di rispettare e di far rispettare la proprietà della signora Nelson Bridport” (“energically warn the Bronte Committee to respect and ensure respect for the property of Mrs Nelson Bridport”). Garibaldi had responded that “che si son date oggi stesso [30 giugno] energiche disposizioni perché non avvenga il menomo inconveniente o abuso a pregiudizio della proprietà di Lady Nelson, Duchessa di Bronte” (“this same day, orders have been issued to prevent any inconvenience or abuse to the detriment of the property of Lady Nelson, Duchess of Bronte”)

Frustrated by the many broken promises, on August 2nd the people of Bronte rebelled. Popular hatred was directed agains the Dukedom’s officials. 15 people (mostly working for the Nelsons) were killed in the following two days. The mob burned down the theatre, the town archive and 46 notables’ houses.

As soon as the rebellion had started, William Thovez had informed the British Consuls in Catania and Messina, who related the information to Goodwin in Palermo, whom in turn informed the British Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Lord John Russell.

The British Government then decided to step in, pressuring (via Goodwin and the other consuls) Garibaldi and the Governor of Catania to “sopprimere l’insurrezione nella più sollecita ed effettiva maniera” (“suppress the insurrection in the most quick and effective way”).

As Garibaldi didn’t want to compromise his alliance with the British Government (they had supported his expedition), he obliged and sent to Bronte the loyal Nino Bixio. Despite Colonel Poulet, whom had been previously sent to stop the rebellion, assured Bixio that the violences had stopped and order had been restored (the majority of the most violent rioters had already fled the scene, fearing of being arrested), Garibaldi’s right hand decided the people of Bronte needed to be severely punished and the leaders executed. The population was heavily taxed and around 150 people were arrested. Nicolò Lombardo, a lawyer whom had been elected mayor following the start of the rebellion, together with 4 others was sentenced to death and expected to be executed by firing squad on August 10th. The sentence was executed, nonetheless, at dawn of that day, the soldiers refused to shoot at Nunzio Ciraldo Fraiese, a mentally-ill man, considered the village fool and who was guilty of having played a trumpet and shouted threats in directions of the much hated Bronte notables. Thinking he had been miracously saved by the Holy Virgin (while the firing squad had in fact volutarily missed him), Ciraldo Fraiese went to hug Bixio’s knees and pleaded for his life. Instead of pardon, the poor man received a bullet in his head.

In order to calm the spirits and meet the people of Bronte’s desires and necessities, on June 1861, Mary Charlotte Nelson agreed to stipulate a transaction with the town and ceded a good part of the Duchy’s territory to Bronte (although, it had to be noted that the Duchess kept the most fertile part and gave away a large part of the woodlands, barren lava deserts and only small portions of farmland).

In her lifetime, Charlotte Mary Nelson would make two more short trips to Bronte, one in 1864 and the other in 1868. Both times she was accompained by her son and heir Alexander, her daughter-in-law (Lady Mary Penelope Hill), and some of her grandchildren (among them Alexander Nelson, who fell in love with the place and inherited the title in 1904 despite not being the eldest son. The 5th Duke would be well-respected and liked by the population, spending half of the year in the Maniace estate and the rest in his villa in Taormina, where he hosted King George V in 1925).

The Duchess died on Janyuary 29th 1873, aged 85 at Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset. She was succeeded by her son Alexander, who inherited title (becoming the 4th Duke of Bronte) and properties.

Sources

- Charlotte Mary Nelson, Duchesa di Bronté, in The Peerage;

- COKAYNE, JOHN EDWARD, Bridport, Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas, and Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas and of Bronte, in Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, ed. 1, vol. 2, p. 24;

- Earl Nelson v. Lord Bridport, in Reports of Cases in Chancery..., vol. 32, p. 527-574;

- GIANNINI, GIORGIO, I fatti di Bronte, Garibaldi e le responsabilità inglesi;

- Horatio Nelson, Primo Duca di Bronte;

- I sette duchi di Bronte (1799 – 1981);

- LAUGHTON, JOHN KNOX, Nelson, William (1757-1835) in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 40.

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