This was a chance to lengthen the Season, to be with a select group of friends in a different setting. If you didn’t have a lavish country seat where you could retire, you angled for an invitation to someone else’s country estate. August 1 was also the start of grouse season, so if your dear Papa was fond of shooting the little birds, you probably headed to Scotland, where the best hunting was to be found.
With Parliament generally out of session, everyone who was anyone found an excuse to leave town for cooler climates, often in the north of England. While the creme of English society during the Regency period adored London above all other places, August in London was hot, sticky, and stinky, with the Thames wafting up all kinds of odors in the summer heat. There's plenty of reasons for that tongue-in-cheek statement. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a country house must be in want of a party.
The Delights of a Regency House Party By Regina Scott
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