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By tradition the family Fielding could be traced back to the Habsburgs. Father, Colonel Edward Fielding had served under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. His mother was the daughter of a judge and inherited substantial property.
1728: He studies at classics and law at Leiden University in Holland. “Love in Several Masques” is performed for the first time at the Drury Lane Theatre, London.
1732: His first prose essay “The Benefit of Laughing” is published anonymously in Mist’s Weekly Journal. He often wrote for the Tory periodicals under a pseudonym especially “Captain Hercules Vinegar”.
1737: Last performance of a play by Fielding at the Haymarket Theatre “The End of an Era”. He is admitted to the Middle Temple to prepare to become a Barrister. The Theatrical Licensing Act was passed and some attribute this to the effect of Fielding’s satires. He retired from the theatre to study law.
1742: “The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams” is first published. It is felt to be his first serious novel. First performance of “Miss Lucy in Town at the Drury Lane Theatre.
1746: Fielding appointed as High Steward of the New Forest by the Duke of Bedford. “the True Patriot” ceases publication after Bonnie Prince Charlie is defeated at the Battle of Culloden.
Plaque describing famous residents of old Bow Street including Fielding (Left) The old Bow Street Magistrates court (Right) (copyright Anthony Blagg)
1749: “The History of Tom Jones” is published and goes on to sell 10,000 copies in its first year. Becomes Chairman of the Westminster Sessions ands make suggestions on how to improve policing.
1750: Henry Fielding organises the “Bow Street Runners” who become the first modern police force. Opens the Universal Register Office.
1751: Overseas the trial of James Field, a notorious criminal and sentenced him to hang. Going increasingly blind Fielding was known as “The Blind Beak of Bow Street” by the criminal classes.
1752: Publication of the last edition of “The Covent Garden Journal” which he had started under the pseudonym of “Sir Alexander Drawcansir, Knt. Censor of Great Britain”.
1754: Fielding leaves London for Lisbon in June in search of a cure for his ill health. He was suffering from asthma and gout and needed crutches to get about.
1745: “A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain on the possible dangers of the Jacobite Rebellion”, “A Dialogue between the Devil, the Pope, and the Pretender”
2. 1747 to Mary Daniel, his former wife’s maid and cook who was six month’s pregnant, which was to prove very controversial in society.
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