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Selwyn, George
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A noted wit in the social and literary life of London in Horace Walpole's time, born, of good parentage, in Gloucestershire; was expelled from Oxford in 1743 for blasphemy; four years later entered Parliament, and supported the Court party, and received various government favours; his vivacious wit won him ready entrance into the best London and Parisian society; is the chief figure in Jesse's entertaining "George Selwyn and his Contemporaries" (1719-1791).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Selwyn, George'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/selwyn-george.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Selwyn, George'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/selwyn-george.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
