Sir lindsay owen-jones biography of william hill
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Eliza Ogilvy's commonplace book is missing
This was how Eliza’s grandmother, Charlotte Dick (of the Dunkeld wood) described Calcutta in “Nothing but Balls, every night, all the cold season”, and in 50 years little had changed. Balls were the mainspring of social life in the so-called City of Palaces and especially in the cooler Autumn. On great occasions — and the numerous anniversaries of battles won — Balls were held in Government House; on lesser occasions in the Old Court House, in theatres, assembly rooms and private mansions.
A grand Calcutta Ball differed from a Regency assembly in important details. The restraint (or encouragement) of the elderly was absent: anyone reaching 50 or even 45 would be overdue their return to Britain, for Calcutta was a young town, at least in its European quarter which was predominantly male and military; and so there was a scarcity of women and the elderly. “Young unmarried ladies are as scarce as old ones, and naturally more in demand … any damsel not yet wedded has as many partners on hand as she could accommodate in a week … consequently, a lady's dancing days last as long as she remains in India.” Eliza and Charley would have been much in demand. Whereas in England it was common to dance all evening with the same partner, in
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