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1784–85 satire of Pitt the Younger
The Rolliad, in full Criticisms on the Rolliad, is a work of British satire directed principally at the administration of William Pitt the Younger. It
Rolliad
British politician and peer
the early 1780s led to his being the target for satirical attack in the Rolliad. He was colonel of the South Devon Militia and was instrumental in forming
John_Rolle,_1st_Baron_Rolle
British statesman (1759–1806)
Great Britain's youngest prime minister ever. The contemporary satire The Rolliad ridiculed him for his youth: Above the rest, majestically great, Behold
William_Pitt_the_Younger
Merchant and director of the East India Company (1739–1785)
supporter of the first Pitt ministry, Atkinson was a target of the satirical Rolliad. It made fun from the proposition that Pitt was under the control of Atkinson
Richard_Atkinson_(MP)
British politician
rotten borough for the public good. He was satirised by the authors of the Rolliad (1795), and was chaffed in the House of Commons by Fox (13 March 1784)
Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford
Thomas_Pitt,_1st_Baron_Camelford
British noble (1755–1836)
a minister under William Pitt the Younger, Graham was attacked in the Rolliad: ——Superior to abuse, He nobly glories in the name of GOOSE; Such Geese
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
James_Graham,_3rd_Duke_of_Montrose
Friedrich Schiller – Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe) Anonymous – Rolliad Mary Alcock – The Air Balloon Richard Jago – Poems Hannah More – The Bas
1784_in_literature
British scientist (1753–1816)
1774. He was close enough to Pitt to be singled out for ridicule in the Rolliad: ——This Quixote of the Nation Beats his own Windmills in gesticulation;
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope
Charles_Stanhope,_3rd_Earl_Stanhope
English landowner and politician
to tax maid-servants. Some absurd lines were attributed to him in the ‘Rolliad’, and to him was imputed an irregular ode in the contest for the poet-laureateship
Sir_Cecil_Wray,_13th_Baronet
British military engineer and army officer
deprived of rank and pay for six months. This incident is referred to in the Rolliad in the lines beginning: Learn, thoughtless Debbieg, now no more a youth
Hugh_Debbieg
British politician (1757–1809)
James Fox's candidature for Westminster in 1784, and contributed to the Rolliad the advertisements and dedication, Criticisms iii. vi. vii. viii. xiii
French_Laurence
English author and politician
June. As a satirist, Richard was best known for his contributions to the Rolliad and the Probationary odes—publications each of which passed through 21
Joseph_Richardson_(1755–1803)
British distiller and politician (1730–1798)
Belgrave's quotation in the "Political Miscellanies" at the end of the Rolliad is assigned to him. In several instalments in the Gentleman's Magazine
Joseph_Mawbey
Government from 1783 to 1801 led by William Pitt the Younger
Great Britain's youngest prime minister ever. The contemporary satire The Rolliad ridiculed him for his youth: Above the rest, majestically great, Behold
First_Pitt_ministry
British politician and diplomat (1747–1804)
Bess Foster. Hare was believed to have been one of the writers of the Rolliad. Hare's fortune was improved by his marriage at St. George's, Hanover Square
James Hare (British politician)
James_Hare_(British_politician)
British politician (1735–1789)
refreshment house in Old Palace Yard. This unusual habit was noted in the Rolliad: There Cornewall sits, and, oh unhappy fate! Must sit for ever through
Charles_Wolfran_Cornwall
never appears, apparently for lack of support; United States Anonymous, Rolliad Mary Alcock, The Air Balloon Thomas Chatterton, A Supplement to the Miscellanies
1784_in_poetry
Radical English publisher, member of the London Corresponding Society
of Nebraska Press. p. 129.. Stockdale (2005) p.124-5. Criticisms on the Rolliad. Part the first (3rd corrected and enlarged ed.). London: James Ridgway
James_Ridgway
British Army general (1748–1813)
collaborating with a number of Whig allies to produce Criticisms on the Rolliad, which satirised several members of the Pitt government. In later years
Richard_FitzPatrick
English antiquary, satirical poet and Member of Parliament
favourite". He went on to contribute to the anti-Pitt satirical work, The Rolliad (1784–85). Ellis bought The Cedars, a prominent house in Sunninghill, Berkshire
George_Ellis_(poet)
British politician
styled "a mere courtier, famous for telling interminable long stories". The Rolliad notices him as "Villiers, comely with the flaxen hair", and likens him
John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
John_Villiers,_3rd_Earl_of_Clarendon
British poet and hack writer
Gangraena of 1646. Reid is cited as one of the co-authors of Criticisms on the Rolliad (1784). Sherbo identifies Reid's first published verse as from 1787, in
William_Hamilton_Reid
English lawyer, politician, and government official (1727–1802)
ministry and its supporters. The whig satires of the day, such as the Rolliad and the Probationary Odes regularly attacked him, as did Junius and Richard
John_Robinson_(Harwich_MP)
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