Category: History

The Wreck

Brancaster is a lovely spot (the blue spot) on the Norfolk Riviera with salt marshes, plenty of birds dibbling and dabbling thereon, marvellous skyscapes (although we didn’t yet see the Northern Lights) and more.

London’s Watergate

We are not done with the Dukes of Buckingham – see MoreFamily History. When you have read that you will know George Villiers is the 1st Duke of Buckingham of the second Creation.

More Family History

When an hereditary peerage dies out it can be re-created. There is no better example than the Dukes of Buckingham with four Creations.

War and War

My brother creates his own headed writing paper using an embossing machine.

Proclamation

The King’s Accession Council in St James’s Palace last year was the first time this once-in-a-reign ceremony has been televised.