Historians will note that the character portrayed bởi Atkinson is a composite of the equerry William Congreve and the Groom of the Bedchamber Edmund Nagle. Congreve , like Baldrick, assumes a ghế, chỗ ngồi in the House of Commons via a 'rotten borough' whilst Edmund Nagle, a renowned naval hero, being a "great favourite' of the prince of Wales(later King) . Nagle possessed plantations in Barbados called 'Boarded Hall", had a long standing familial association and feud with the Duke of Wellington, and was also closely associated with Dr. Samuel Johnson's and the "Literary Club" he and Reynolds are incorrectly...
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