See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS (186o– )

BRYAN See also:

• GEORGE BRYAN BRUMMELL (1778-1840)

BRUMMELL (1778-1840)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, known as " BEAU See also:

• BRUMMELL, GEORGE BRYAN (1778-1840)

BRUMMELL," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1778 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was private secretary to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North from 1770 to 1782, and subsequently high See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire; his grandfather was a shopkeeper in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James, who supplemented his income by letting lodgings to the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy . From his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Brummell paid See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress . At See also:

• ETON

Eton, where he was sent to school in 1790, and was extremely popular, he was known as See also:

• BUCK
• BUCK, CARL DARLING (1866– )
• BUCK, DUDLEY (1839-1909)

Buck Brummell, and at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where he spent a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period as an undergraduate of See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

Oriel See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, he preserved this reputation, and added to it that of a wit and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story-See also:

• TELLER, WILHELM ABRAHAM (1734-1804)

teller, while the fact that he was second for the See also:

• NEWDIGATE, SIR ROGER (1719-1806)

Newdigate See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize is See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of his See also:

• LITERARY

literary capacity . Before he was sixteen, however, he See also:

• LEFT

left Oxford, for London, where the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales (afterwards George IV.), to whom he had been presented at Eton, and who had been told that Brummell was a highly amusing See also:

• FELLOW

fellow, gave him a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in his own See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment (1794) . Brummell soon became intimate with his See also:

• PATRON

patron—indeed he was so constantly in the prince's See also:

• COMPANY

company that he is reported not to have known his own regimental See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop . In 1798, having then reached the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, he left the service, and next See also:

• YEAR

year succeeded to a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of about £30,000 . Setting up a See also:

• BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment in Mayfair, he became, thanks to the prince of Wales's friendship and his own good See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste in dress, the recognized arbiter eleganliarum . His social success was instant and See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, his repartees were the talk of the See also:

• TOWN

town, and, if not accurately speaking a wit, he had a remarkable See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for presenting the most See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary circumstances in an amusing See also:

• LIGHT

light . Though he always dressed well, he was no See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere fop—Lord See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron is credited with the remark that there was nothing remarkable about his dress See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save "a certain exquisite propriety." Fora See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Brummell's sway was undisputed . But eventually gambling and extravagance exhausted his fortune, while his See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue proved too See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp for his royal patron . They quarrelled, and though for a time Brummell continued to hold his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in society, his popularity began to decline .

In 1816 he fled to See also:

• CALAIS

Calais to avoid his creditors . Here he struggled on for fourteen years, receiving help from time to time from his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but always. hopelessly in See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . In 1830 the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of these friends secured him the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul at See also:

• CAEN

Caen, to which a moderate See also:

• SALARY

salary was attached, but two years later the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was abolished . In 1835 Brummell's See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French creditors in Calais and Caen lost See also:

• PATIENCE

patience and he was imprisoned, but his friends once more came to the See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue, paid his debts and provided him with a small income . He had now lost all his interest in dress; his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance was slovenly and dirty . In 1837, after two attacks of See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis, shelter was found for him in the charitable See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum of Bon Sauveur, Caen, where he died on the 3oth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 184o . See Captain See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• JESSE
• JESSE, EDWARD (178o–1868)
• JESSE, JOHN HENEAGE (1815-1874)

Jesse, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Brummell (London, 1844, revised edition 1886) ; See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy H . See also:

• FITZGERALD
• FITZGERALD, EDWARD (1809–1883)
• FITZGERALD, LORD E
• FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD (1763-1798)
• FITZGERALD, LORD THOMAS (loth earl of Kildare), (1513-1537)
• FITZGERALD, RAYMOND, or REDMOND (d. ca. 1182)

Fitzgerald, Life of George IV . (London, 1881) ; R . Boutet de See also:

• MONVEL (1745-1812)

Monvel, Beau Brummel (trans . 1908) .