William Chinnery - Revision history

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‎Social Life

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‎Background

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 Yim provides a broad outline of the attendees at the concerts at Gillwell:
-• Family friends – William Spencer (part of the Whig set), Colonel Henry Francis Grenfell and family.
+ • Family friends – William Spencer (part of the Whig set), Colonel Henry Francis Grenfell and family.
-• Amateur musicians from London society, such as Miss Sophia Johnstone, an intimate of the Prince of Wales.
+ • Amateur musicians from London society, such as Miss Sophia Johnstone, an intimate of the Prince of Wales.
-• Literary guests such as the poet William Sotheby. William Spencer was also a poet.
+ • Literary guests such as the poet William Sotheby. William Spencer was also a poet.
-• Foreign diplomats.
+ • Foreign diplomats.
-• Visiting musicians.
+ • Visiting musicians.
 May-June 1810 – Caroline made her formal debut into London society at the house in Stratford Place that the Chinnerys had taken for the season. The guest list of 40-50 persons included the Duke of Cambridge; Spencer’s relatives, the Duchess of Devonshire, Lady Bessborough and Lady Shaftesbury; Lord Erskine; Lord Crewe; Sir Sidney and Lady Smith; Lord and Lady Granville Leveson-Gower; Lord and Lady Leitrim; the writer George Lamb. (Yim, p.149)

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 ==Background==
-William Chinnery was a Treasury official who was appointed as the 'Agent for the Intended Settlement at New South Wales' on 7 May 1787. This post was created for the purpose of distributing certain moneys in the settlement, in particular the payment of the salary of civil officers.
+William Chinnery was a Treasury official who was appointed as the 'Agent for the Intended Settlement at New South Wales' on 7 May 1787. This post was created for the purpose of distributing certain moneys in the settlement, in particular the payment of the salaries of civil officers.
 Chinnery and his wife lived an extravagant lifestyle, which included a menage a trois with a popular Italian musician, Giovanni Viotti. In 1812, it was revealed that Chinnery had been defrauding the Treasury, and he fled to the Continent.