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Content provided by Jonny Langton. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Jonny Langton or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
When William IV (1830-37) was a teenage sailor drinking and debauching his way across the empire alongside such esteemed friends as Horatio Nelson, no one expected that one day he would king. He was taught no royal graces or decorum, yet his time would come. He was described as unassuming and disinterested in pomp and as hard-working and conscientious. Despite a short rule, he would provide royal assent to some of the most significant acts in British history. He had political views and his lack of royal training meant; he would not be lightly brushed aside.
Characters
William IV – King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37)
Queen Adelaide – Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37)
George IV - King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-30), elder brother of William IV
George III - King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820), father of William IV and George IV
Queen Charlotte – Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1761-1818), mother of William IV and George IV
Prince Frederick – elder brother of William IV
Prince Adolphus – younger brother of William IV
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent – younger brother of William IV, father of Victoria
Victoria, Duchess of Kent – wife of Edward, mother of Prince Victoria
Princess Victoria – niece of William IV and heir to the throne
George, Earl of Munster – illegitimate son of William IV and Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan – long-time mistress of William
Horatio Nelson – British flag officer in the Royal Navy
William Wilberforce – leading abolitionist
George Canning – Prime Minister (1827)
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington – Commander at the Battle of Waterloo, Prime Minister (1828-30, 1834)
Charles Grey, Earl Grey – Prime Minister (1830-34)
William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne – Prime Minister (1834, 1835-41)
Robert Peel – Prime Minister (1834-35)
John Russell – Home Secretary
Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston – Foreign Secretary
Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby – War Secretary
Henry Brougham – Lord High Chancellor
John Nash - architect
Charles Greville – Diarist
Emily Eden - Poet
George Washington – Commander-in-chief of the Continental army, 1stPresident of the United States
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When William IV (1830-37) was a teenage sailor drinking and debauching his way across the empire alongside such esteemed friends as Horatio Nelson, no one expected that one day he would king. He was taught no royal graces or decorum, yet his time would come. He was described as unassuming and disinterested in pomp and as hard-working and conscientious. Despite a short rule, he would provide royal assent to some of the most significant acts in British history. He had political views and his lack of royal training meant; he would not be lightly brushed aside.
Characters
William IV – King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37)
Queen Adelaide – Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37)
George IV - King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1820-30), elder brother of William IV
George III - King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820), father of William IV and George IV
Queen Charlotte – Queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1761-1818), mother of William IV and George IV
Prince Frederick – elder brother of William IV
Prince Adolphus – younger brother of William IV
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent – younger brother of William IV, father of Victoria
Victoria, Duchess of Kent – wife of Edward, mother of Prince Victoria
Princess Victoria – niece of William IV and heir to the throne
George, Earl of Munster – illegitimate son of William IV and Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan – long-time mistress of William
Horatio Nelson – British flag officer in the Royal Navy
William Wilberforce – leading abolitionist
George Canning – Prime Minister (1827)
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington – Commander at the Battle of Waterloo, Prime Minister (1828-30, 1834)
Charles Grey, Earl Grey – Prime Minister (1830-34)
William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne – Prime Minister (1834, 1835-41)
Robert Peel – Prime Minister (1834-35)
John Russell – Home Secretary
Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston – Foreign Secretary
Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby – War Secretary
Henry Brougham – Lord High Chancellor
John Nash - architect
Charles Greville – Diarist
Emily Eden - Poet
George Washington – Commander-in-chief of the Continental army, 1stPresident of the United States
Credits
Beethoven’s 6th symphony ‘Pastorale’
Freesound.org and BBC sound effects
419503__straget__wine-glass-sound
bbc_old-textil_07016341
590155__greg_surr__creaking-wood-6
328051__btherad2000__32-getting-into-bed
bbc_weather-1-_07047148
168249__gmarchisio__munching-snack
35250__malexmedia__tumble_downstairs_c
bbc_whistles--_07071084
bbc_playhouse-_07003062
195116__mattskydoodle__censor-beep
412054__funwithsound__major-destruction-crash-shatter-from-pillow-fight-disaster
bbc_household-_07067069
bbc_boats--sai_07034052
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes histo ...
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This show will detail the biographies and interesting facts of the Papacy of Rome. It will start in the beginning, but will not go straight through. There will be many side tracks and detours along the way. We will investigate the backstreets of the Papacy where the tour normally doesn't go. Support this show
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In 1997, thirty-nine people took their own lives in an apparent mass suicide. The events captivated the media and had people across the planet asking the same question... ‘Why?’ 20 years later, those who lost loved ones and those who still believe - tell their story. Hosted by Glynn Washington of Snap Judgment. "Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults," is now a four-part docuseries inspired by this podcast, streaming on HBO Max.
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