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Record Number: 27546


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

10 July 1878: 'This morning we saw in the Times of the 28th ult., that Sir E. Tyler is the probable candidate for Colchester at the next election, so I fear all our aspirations in that quarter are doomed to come to naught.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

10 Jul 1878

Country:

Turkey

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Constantinople

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Turkey

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

report of Sir E. Tyler's probable Parliamentary canditature

Genre:

Politics, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

In The Times

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

27546

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Editor:

Earl of Bessborough

Title:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

152

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27546, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Charles Schreiber had hoped to stand as Conservative parliamentary candidate for Colchester. The Schreibers in Turkey visiting one of Lady Charlotte's daughters by her first marriage, Enid, who was married to Henry Layard, British Ambassador to Turkey.

   
   
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