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Samuel Pepys

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.)

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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

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  • Cover of: Diary and correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II

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  • Cover of: Passages from the diary of Samuel Pepys

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  • Cover of: Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S.: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles Ii. and James Ii. with a Life and Notes, Volume 1; Volumes 1659-1662

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  • Cover of: A shorter Pepys: the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Abridged by F.W. Tickner

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  • Cover of: The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume One

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  • Cover of: Memoirs of Samuel Pepys... comprising his diary... and a selection from his private correspondence.

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  • Cover of: Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His Ms. Cypher in the Pepsyian Library: With a Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke; Volume 5

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English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

Born 23 February 1633
Died 26 May 1703

Subjects

History, Social life and customs, Sources, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Diaries, Statesmen, English Authors, Great Britain, Great britain, social life and customs, Cabinet officers, great britain, English diaries, Great britain, history, restoration, 1660-1688, sources, Manners and customs, Correspondence, Diarists, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Cabinet officers, Christ's Hospital (London, England), Early works to 1800, Statesmen, great britain, Authors, english, Description and travel, Early modern, England, social life and customs, Naval History

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Great Britain, England, Tangier (Morocco), London, London (England), Portugal

People

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), Charles II King of England, Samuel Pepys

Time

Stuarts, 1603-1714, 17th century, Charles II, 1660-1685, Early modern, 1500-1700, Restoration, 1660-1688, Alfonso VI, 1656-1683

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  • PEPYS, SAMUEL, 1633-1703.
  • Pepys. Samuel
  • Samuel, Pepys
  • Samuel PEPYS
  • Samuel Peyps
  • Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
  • Samuel [collections ] Pepys
  • Samuel [Collections] Pepys
  • Samuel Pepys.
  • S. Pepys

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