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Charles Edmund Nugent

1759 – Studland, 7 Jan 1844

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Facts and their sources

  • Born1759not verified1 source
  • MarriedDeborah Charlotte Deenot verified1 source
  • Titlemember of the 16th Parliament of Great Britainnot verified1 source
  • Died7 Jan 1844, Studlandnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1759

    Born

  2. 17 Jan 1799

    A daughter is born

  3. 7 Jan 1844

    Dies in Studland

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1750s · Charles is born

What people wore

Dual-purpose Undergarments

Women often wore a shift (a basic undergarment) that served as both daytime underwear and sleepwear.

Daily life

Piped Water Cost Three Shillings

In London, some houses had water piped to them three times a week for a cost of three shillings per quarter.

What it cost

Cost of a simple dinner

In 18th-century London, a simple dinner of cold meat, bread, and a pint of porter cost 6 1/4d.

The Seven Years’ War. Fought in Europe, the Americas, Africa and India, often called the first world war: Britain took Canada and India from France.Around the world · 1756–1763

The Seven Years’ War. Fought in Europe, the Americas, Africa and India, often called the first world war: Britain took Canada and India from France.

Blaue Max · CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting around

Travel options depended on personal wealth

Wealthy travelers hired expensive postchaises for speed, while poorer people sometimes paid to sit on baggage in slow carts pulled by carriers.

At the table

Tea becomes a common drink

By the middle of the 18th century, drinking tea had become common even among ordinary people, despite its cost.

Work

Working hours and daily routine

Most ordinary working people in London during the 1750s typically worked an average of 11 hours per day, usually starting work between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. and finishing by early evening.