Samuel Pepys was born on February 23rd 1633 in Salisbury Court off Fleet Street. His father, John, was a tailor, his mother Margaret Kite was sister of a Whitechapel butcher and Samuel was fifth in a line of eleven children.
His knowledge of shorthand, his political connections through Montagu (now Earl of Sandwich and First Lord of the Admiralty, having brought the King back from exile), and his subsequent government posts as one of the principal officers of the navy administration, gave him power and moderate wealth.
His love of order and efficiency made him a man of some importance and he proudly and successfully addressed the Commons on naval matters. His speech to the Commons on March 5th 1668 pleased him enormously.
For us he is best known for his less than ten years of personal diaries, at once personal and historic, characterful and literary. (Edited from pepys.info.)
Samuel Pepys
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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)
| Born | 23 February 1633 |
| Died | 26 May 1703 |
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Samuel Pepys
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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)
| Born | 23 February 1633 |
| Died | 26 May 1703 |
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History, Social life and customs, Sources, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Diaries, Great britain, social life and customs, Statesmen, Cabinet officers, great britain, English diaries, Diarists, English Authors, Great Britain, Great britain, history, restoration, 1660-1688, sources, Cabinet officers, Correspondence, Manners and customs, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Biography, Naval History, Early works to 1800, Mœurs et coutumes, Statesmen, great britain, Christ's Hospital (London, England), Description and travel, Early modernPlaces
Great Britain, England, Tangier (Morocco), London, Grande-Bretagne, Araby, Araby bazaar, London (England), North Richmond Street, PortugalPeople
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Charles II King of England, Mangan's sister, Alfred Doolittle, Charles II King of England (1630-1685), Charles II King of Great Britain (1630-1685), Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Henry Higgins, John Evelyn (1620-1706), Mrs. Higgins, Pygmalion, Samuel PepysTime
Stuarts, 1603-1714, 17th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Early modern, 1500-1700, Restoration, 1660-1688, 1603-1714 (Stuarts), 17e siècle, 1912, Alfonso VI, 1656-1683, Restoration, 1660-1700, Stuart, 1603-1714ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2111876A
- ISNI: 0000000117543659
- VIAF: 29602261
- Wikidata: Q106143
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q106143
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- PEPYS, SAMUEL, 1633-1703.
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- Samuel, Pepys
- Samuel PEPYS
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- Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
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- Samuel [Collections] Pepys
- Samuel Pepys.
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