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In "The History of Duelling (Vol. 1 & 2)," J. G. Millingen intricately examines the evolution of the practice of dueling, tracing its origins from ancient customs to the societal intricacies of the 19th century. Millingen adopts a meticulous narrative style, combining historical analysis with rich anecdotes that illuminate the moral, legal, and cultural implications of dueling. The two-volume work situates the duel within broader philosophical discourses of honor and masculinity, unraveling its role in shaping social hierarchies and personal vendettas. Each chapter is steeped in primary sources that provide authenticity, contributing to the scholarly rigor typically expected in historical discourse. J. G. Millingen, once a prominent physician and a valued member of the intellectual community, had an enduring fascination with cultural practices that define societal interactions. His background affords him a keen insight into the personal and psychological motivations that drove individuals to duel, underscoring the tensions between personal honor and societal expectation. Millingen'Äôs diverse interests allow for a multifaceted approach to understanding the duel's place in history, reflecting the complexity of human behavior in conflict resolution. This compelling study is essential reading for historians, sociologists, and those intrigued by the intricacies of human conflict. Millingen's penetrating analysis and engaging prose make a profound contribution to the literature on honor culture, and will leave readers with a deeper appreciation of the historical significance of dueling as a social institution.
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Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
86BETWEEN LIEUT. W——, R.N., AND CAPT. I——, OF THE ARMY. March, 1803.
2CHAPTER II.
87BETWEEN LIEUT.-COLONEL MONTGOMERY AND CAPTAIN MACNAMARA. April 6, 1803.
3CHAPTER III.
88BETWEEN LORD CAMELFORD AND CAPTAIN BEST. March, 1804.
4CHAPTER IV.
89BETWEEN ENSIGN BROWNE AND LIEUT. BUTLER. January 1, 1806.
5CHAPTER V.
90BETWEEN MAJOR BROOKES AND COLONEL BOLTON. January 4, 1806.
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6CHAPTER VI.
91BETWEEN LIEUT. TURRENS AND MR. FISHER. March 22, 1806.
7CHAPTER VII.
92BETWEEN MR. ROGERS AND MR. LONG. Dublin, May 3, 1806.
8CHAPTER VIII.
93BETWEEN BARON HOMPESCH AND MR. RICHARDSON. Sept. 22, 1806.
9CHAPTER IX.
94BETWEEN SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AND MR. PAULL. May 5, 1807.
10CHAPTER X.
95BETWEEN MAJOR CAMPBELL AND CAPTAIN BOYD. August 1808.
11CHAPTER XI.
96BETWEEN LORD PAGET AND THE HON. CAPT. CADOGAN. May, 1809.
12CHAPTER XII.
97BETWEEN LORD CASTLEREAGH AND MR. CANNING. Sept. 21, 1809.
13CHAPTER XIII.
98BETWEEN MR. GEORGE PAYNE AND MR. CLARK. Sept. 6, 1810.
14CHAPTER XIV.
99BETWEEN CAPT. BOARDMAN AND ENSIGN DE BETTON. March 4, 1811.
15CHAPTER XV.
100BETWEEN MR. COLCLOUGH AND MR. ALCOCK.
16CHAPTER XVI.
101BETWEEN MR. HARRISON AND ——. May 9, 1811.
17CHAPTER XVII.
102BETWEEN LIEUT. STEWART AND LIEUT. BAGNALL. October 7, 1812.
18CHAPTER XVIII.
103BETWEEN LIEUT. BLUNDELL AND MR. MAGUIRE. July 12, 1813.
19CHAPTER XIX.
104BETWEEN MR. O’CONNELL AND MR. D’ESTERRE. February, 1815.
20CHAPTER XX.
105BETWEEN COLONEL QUENTIN AND COLONEL PALMER. February 9, 1815.
21CHAPTER XXI.
106BETWEEN MR. —— AND MR. ——. Edinburgh, Feb. 18, 1815.
22CHAPTER I DUELS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
107BETWEEN MAJOR HILLAS AND MR. THOMAS FENTON.
23BETWEEN LORD KILMAURS AND A FRENCH OFFICER, May 1765.
108BETWEEN P. DILLON, ESQ., AND B. KANE, ESQ. Dublin, Feb. 21, 1816.
24BETWEEN LORD MILTON AND LORD POULETT, January 29, 1771.
109BETWEEN MR. ALLEY AND MR. ADOLPHUS. December 2, 1816.
25BETWEEN RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN AND MR. MATTHEWS.
110BETWEEN MAJOR LOCKYER AND MR. SUTTON COCHRANE. Cowes, December 12, 1817.
26BETWEEN LORD TOWNSHEND AND THE EARL OF BELLAMONT, February 2, 1773.
111BETWEEN MR. THEODORE O’CALLAGHAN AND LIEUTENANT BAILEY. Bow Street, January 13, 1818.
27BETWEEN MR. SCAWEN AND MR. FITZGERALD. September 1, 1773.
112BETWEEN LIEUT. CARTWRIGHT AND LIEUT. MAXWELL. March, 1818.
28BETWEEN MR. WHATELY AND JOHN TEMPLE, ESQ., December 11, 1773.
113BETWEEN VISCOUNT BELGRAVE AND SIR J. G. EGERTON. October 17, 1818.
29BETWEEN CAPTAIN STONEY AND THE REV. MR. BATE. January 13, 1777.
114BETWEEN CAPTAIN JOHNSTON, OF THE 64TH REGIMENT AND BENJAMIN T. BROWNE, SURGEON OF THE ERIE, AMERICAN SLOOP OF WAR. March, 1819.
30BETWEEN COUNT RICE AND VISCOUNT DU BARRY. Bath, November 23, 1778.
115BETWEEN MR. UNIACKE AND MR. BOWIE. August 1, 1819.
31BETWEEN A LIEUT.-COLONEL AND A LIEUTENANT OF MILITIA. August 25, 1779.
116BETWEEN CAPTAIN PELLEW, OF THE LIFE GUARDS, AND LIEUTENANT WALSH. October 6, 1819.
32BETWEEN THE HON. CHAS. JAS. FOX AND MR. ADAM. November 30, 1779.
117BETWEEN MR. GRATTAN AND LORD CLARE. June 11, 1820.
33BETWEEN COUNSELLOR R—— AND ——. November, 1779.
118BETWEEN T. HUNGERFORD, ESQ. AND R. TRAVERS, ESQ. August 13, 1820.
34BETWEEN THE EARL OF SHELBURNE AND COLONEL FULLARTON. March 22, 1780.
119BETWEEN MR. R. STUART AND MR. TOWNSEND DADE. August 20, 1820.
35BETWEEN MR. DONOVAN AND CAPT. JAMES HANSON. April, 1780.
120BETWEEN MR. FULLIOT AND MR. BURROWES. September 17, 1820.
36BETWEEN THE REV. MR. BATE AND MR. R——, A STUDENT OF THE LAW. September 7, 1780.
121BETWEEN MR. JOHN SCOTT AND MR. CHRISTIE. February 16, 1821.
37BETWEEN THE REV. MR. ALLEN AND L. DULANY, ESQ. June 26, 1782.
122BETWEEN VISCOUNT PETERSHAM AND THOMAS WEBSTER WEDDERBURNE, ESQ. April 21, 1821.
38DUEL PREVENTED. March 9, 1783.
123BETWEEN M. MANUEL AND M. BEAUMONT. April 10, 1821.
39BETWEEN MR. RIDDELL AND MR. CUNNINGHAM. April 21, 1783.
124BETWEEN MR. WILLIAM BRITTLEBANK AND MR. CUDDIE. May 22, 1821.
40BETWEEN CAPTAIN I—— AND COLONEL P——. June, 1783.
125BETWEEN SIR ALEXANDER BOSWELL, BART., OF AUCHINLECK, AND MR. STUART, OF DUNCARN. March 26, 1822.
41BETWEEN THE HON. COLONEL COSMO GORDON AND LIEUT.-COLONEL THOMAS. September 4, 1783.
126BETWEEN THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. May 2, 1822.
42BETWEEN MR. MONRO, OF THE 16TH REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS, AND MR. GREEN. October 17, 1783.
127BETWEEN M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT AND M. FORBIN DES ISSARTS. June 6, 1822.
43BETWEEN LIEUT. HARRISON AND M. H. VAN BERKENSHAM. October, 1783.
128BETWEEN M. PINAC AND AN ENGLISHMAN. July, 1822.
44BETWEEN SIR J. LOWTHER AND SERGEANT BOLTON. April, 1784.
129BETWEEN GENERAL PEPE AND GENERAL CARASCOSA. February, 1823.
45BETWEEN AN OFFICER OF THE NAVY AND A GERMAN OFFICER. August, 1784.
130BETWEEN COLONEL GRAVES AND CAPTAIN LACY. May, 1823.
46BETWEEN CAPTAIN BRISES AND CAPTAIN BULKLEY. February, 1785.
131BETWEEN THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY AND MR. BATTIER. May 6, 1824.
47BETWEEN LIEUTENANT F—— AND MR. GORDON. March, 1785.
132BETWEEN CAPTAIN GOURLAY AND MR. WESTALL. October 30, 1824.
48BETWEEN LORD MACARTNEY AND MR. SADLEIR. April, 1785.
133BETWEEN MR. LAMBTON, AFTERWARDS EARL OF DURHAM, AND MR. BEAUMONT. July 1, 1826.
49BETWEEN THE EARL OF A—— AND MR. F—— M——. June 19, 1785.
134BETWEEN THE MARQUIS DE LIVRON AND M. DU TRONE. November 18, 1826.
50BETWEEN COMTE DE GERSDORFF AND MONS. L. LE FAVRE. July, 1785.
135BETWEEN MR. BRIC AND MR. HAYES. December 26, 1826.
51BETWEEN LORD W. MURRAY AND MR. G. WAUGH. November, 1785.
136BETWEEN M. GOULARD AND M. CAIRE. February 21, 1827.
52BETWEEN LIEUT. GAMBLE AND LIEUT. MOLLISON. January, 1786.
137BETWEEN THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA. March 21, 1829.
53BETWEEN LORD MACARTNEY AND MAJOR-GEN. STEWART. June 8, 1786.
138BETWEEN CAPT. HELSHAM AND LIEUT. CROWTHER. April 1, 1829.
54BETWEEN COUNSELLOR HUTCHINSON AND LORD MOUNTMORRIS. May, 1787.
139BETWEEN MR. LAMBRECHT AND MR. CLAYTON. January 8, 1830.
55BETWEEN CHEVALIER LA B—— AND CAPTAIN S——. June, 1787.
140BETWEEN CAPTAIN SMITH AND STANDISH O’GRADY, ESQ. March 17, 1830.
56BETWEEN SIR JOHN MACPHERSON AND MAJOR BROWNE. September 10, 1787.
141BETWEEN DR. SMITH AND DR. JEFFRIES. August, 1830.
57BETWEEN HIS R. H. THE DUKE OF YORK AND COL. LENNOX. May, 1789.
142BETWEEN GENERAL SEBASTIANI AND GENERAL LAMARQUE. August 1, 1831.
58BETWEEN CAPT. E. PELLEW AND LIEUT. I. M. NORTHEY. June, 1789.
143BETWEEN MAJOR-GENERAL MOORE AND MR. STAPYLTON. February 13, 1832.
59BETWEEN CAPT. TONGUE AND CAPT. PATERSON. June 19, 1789.
144BETWEEN GENERAL JACQUEMINOT AND M. BELMONTE. March 23, 1832.
60BETWEEN COL. LENNOX AND THEOPHILUS SWIFT, ESQ. July 1, 1789.
145BETWEEN M. COSTE AND M. BÉNOIT. September, 1832.
61BETWEEN J. P. CURRAN, ESQ., M.P., AND MAJOR HOBART.L April 1, 1790.
146BETWEEN SIR JOHN JEFFCOTT AND DR. HENNIS. May 10, 1833.
62BETWEEN SIR GEORGE RAMSAY AND CAPTAIN MACRAE. Edinburgh, April 15, 1790.
147BETWEEN M. CHARLES LEON, NATURAL SON OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, AND CAPTAIN DE HESSE. August 1833.
63BETWEEN MR. STEPHENS AND MR. ANDERSON. Margate, Sept. 21, 1790.
148BETWEEN THE DUKE DE ROVIGO AND COUNT DE LANGLE. February 14, 1835.
64BETWEEN CAPT. H. ASTON AND LIEUT. FITZGERALD. June 25, 1790.
149BETWEEN MR. ST. JOHN AND COUNT CATRAFFIANA. April 25, 1835.
65BETWEEN MR. GRAHAM AND MR. JULIUS. July 19, 1791.
150BETWEEN CAPTAIN WHITE AND COLONEL BELLAMY. November 21, 1835.
66BETWEEN MR. FRIZELL AND MR. CLARK. June, 1792.
151BETWEEN BRIGADIER-GENERAL EVANS AND CAPTAIN DICKSON. April 8, 1836.
67BETWEEN MR. KEMBLE AND MR. AIKIN. March, 1792.
152BETWEEN M. ARMAND CARREL AND M. ÉMILE DE GIRARDIN. July, 1836.
68BETWEEN THE EARL OF LONSDALE AND CAPTAIN CUTHBERT, OF THE GUARDS. June 9, 1792.
153BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE GRANTLEY BERKELEY AND WILLIAM MAGINN, LL.D. August 4, 1836.
69BETWEEN LORD LAUDERDALE AND GENERAL ARNOLD. July 2, 1792.
154BETWEEN MR. HARRING AND A POLISH OFFICER. May 11, 1837.
70BETWEEN MONS. CHAUVIGNY AND MONS. C. LAMETH. November 8, 1792.
155BETWEEN MR. ANDERSON AND MR. JONES. August 1837.
71BETWEEN MR. PUREFOY AND COLONEL ROPER. Maidstone, August 14, 1794.
156BETWEEN MR. CILLEY AND MR. GRAVES. November 1837.
72BETWEEN MAJOR SWEETMAN AND CAPTAIN WATSON. January 12, 1796.
157BETWEEN SIR JOHN MILLEY DOYLE AND DR. LOVELL. March 1838.
73BETWEEN MR. RICHARD ENGLAND AND MR. ROWLLS. February 19, 1796.
158BETWEEN MR. PIGOT AND MR. CARROLL. April 27, 1838.
74BETWEEN LORD MALDEN AND THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. April 30, 1796.
159BETWEEN MR. RUSHOUT AND MR. BORTHWICK. May 8, 1838.
75BETWEEN LORD VALENTIA AND HENRY GAWLER, ESQ. June 28, 1796.
160BETWEEN M. CALMEL AND M. LUARD. May 1838.
76BETWEEN MR. WM. CARPENTER AND MR. JOHN PRIDE. Aug. 20, 1796.
161BETWEEN LORD CASTLEREAGH AND M. GERARD DE MELCY. June 16, 1838.
77BETWEEN LIEUT. FITZGERALD AND LIEUT. WARRINGTON. May 4, 1797.
162BETWEEN MR. MIRFIN AND MR. ELIOT. August 22, 1838.
78BETWEEN CAPT. SMITH AND LIEUT. FRANCIS BUCKLEY. August 5, 1797.
163BETWEEN THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY AND MR. GRATTAN. January 13, 1839.
79BETWEEN COLONEL KING AND COLONEL FITZGERALD. October, 1797.
164BETWEEN LORD POWERSCOURT AND MR. ROEBUCK. February 28, 1839.
80BETWEEN THE RIGHT HON. W. PITT AND G. TIERNEY, ESQ. May 21, 1798.
165BETWEEN LORD GEORGE LOFTUS AND LORD HARLEY. December 10, 1839.
81BETWEEN COL. HARVEY ASTON AND MAJOR ALLEN. December 23, 1798.
166BETWEEN LORD WILLIAM PAGET AND MR. FISKE. December 20, 1839.
82BETWEEN MESSRS. COOLAN AND MORCAN. Dublin, March 13, 1800.
167BETWEEN MR. WYNN AND MR. BROWN, IN A STAGE-COACH. May 17, 1840.
83BETWEEN J. CORRY, ESQ. AND —— NEWBURGH, ESQ. May 10, 1800.
168BETWEEN M. THROUET AND M. PAULIN PRUÉ. June, 1840.
84BETWEEN MR. P. HAMILTON AND MR. G. I. EAKER. January, 1802.
169BETWEEN MR. ANTONIO GARBONIA AND MR. KECHOFF. July 4, 1840.
85BETWEEN WM. HUNTER, ESQ. AND MR. DAVID MITCHELL. August, 1802.
170BETWEEN THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND CAPTAIN HARVEY GARNETT PHIPPS TUCKETT. September 12, 1840.
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