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Napoleon and the British Opposition During the Captivity on St Helena 1815-1821

John Tyrrell

Region:
North West
Notice Period:
Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
Type:
Hobby
Fee:
Paid: £30-£100 - fees to Shape, St Helena charity
Category:
History
Updated:
3rd February 2023
Tagged:
Napoleon

*History is written by the victors.

There was surprising support and sympathy for Napoleon in the UK, particularly during his captivity on St Helena.

This talk examines the attitudes of Whigs, many of whom felt that the British Government should not be supporting the absolute monarchies on the continent against revolutionary France, and the Radicals who contrasted conditions in Napoleonic France with those of the poorest in Britain and publicly attacked "the cowardly acts of the boroughmongers, in placing the brave Napeoleon .. to perish on a desert island.".

The talk covers Holland House, the centre of Whig support for Napoleon during his captivity, and the events surrounding the mass meeting in favour of universal suffrage in Manchester, that became known as Peterloo, an ironic reference to "the killing fields of Waterloo".

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About John Tyrrell

Retired Academic.

Fees given to SHAPE, a charity on St Helena

Member of Friends of St Helena. Contributor to their publications.

  • "The Legend of the Slaves of Maldivia", Wirebird, The Journal of the Friends of St Helena, Number 43, November 2014
  • "The Belle Poule and the Exhumation of Napoleon", Wirebird Number 40, 2011
  • "Longwood House: Towards the Bicentenary", The St Helena Connection No 15, November 2013
  • "The British Government and Napoleon: From Elba to St Helena" The St Helena Connection, No 18 June 2015
  • "From Elba to St Helena aTimeline of 1815" The St Helena Connection, No 18 June 2015
  • "Napoleon and the British Opposition during the Captivity" The St Helena Connection No 19, November 2015
  • "Napoleon and St Helena Exhibition at Les Invalides, Paris" No 20 June 2016
  • "Napoleon's Representative on Earth: "I am the keeper of the empty tomb" - a review of "Je suis le gardien du tombeau vide" by M. Dancoisne-Martineau. The St Helena Connection No 23 November 2017
  • "St Helena in Transition" No 14, May 2013
  • "Who is, when is, what is St Helena Government", The St Helena Connection No 33, December 2022

Blogging on Napoleon and St Helena since 2008. https://johntyrrell.blogspot.com

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