The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99

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"In 1746 the young Lord Charlemont, with his tutor, Edward Murphy, set out from Dublin on his Grand Tour. In 1749 he chartered a ship and crew to sail to Constantinople, the Greek Islands, Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece. A voyage undertaken in the spirit of adventure resulted in the discovery of the lost city of Helicarnassus and the Friezes from the Mausoleum at Bodrum."--Jacket. "With an established reputation as a connoisseur and patron of the arts, Charlemont returned to Ireland in 1754. A patriot and a statesman, he took his seat in the Irish House of Lords and supported an independent Irish Parliament. He was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Volunteers and presided over the Dungannon Convention in 1782. He helped found the Royal Irish Academy and was elected its first president in 1785"--BOOK JACKET. "His circle included Lord Chesterfield, Edmund Burke, James Gandon and Horace Walpole."--Jacket.