From porphyria at mindspring.com  Fri Apr 11 15:55:08 2003
From: porphyria at mindspring.com (Porphyria)
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:55:08 -0400
Subject: HPfgu Fantastic Posts, the Weasleys
In-Reply-To: <OF21858EB0.62C142EB-ON80256D04.0053DC00@aon.co.uk>
Message-ID: <F86DCBD8-6C35-11D7-BAB9-000393465128@mindspring.com>

Thank you so much, Martin! I'll forward this to our team of FP editors. 
I can't say when we'll be doing a revision of the Weasley FP since the 
arrival of OOP will mess up all our conjectures and theories anyway 
:-), but I'm sure they'll appreciate the FYI.

Sorry I haven't been very active on the main list lately, but I do want 
to welcome you to it and I hope you're finding it enjoyable.

Sincerely,
~Porphyria

On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 11:22 AM, 
martin.soilleux-cardwell at aon.co.uk wrote:

> Hi there
>
> Just dipping into some of the Fantastic Posts on your website. I note a
> couple of list members have commented on the likeness in the names 
> Arthur
> Weasley and Arthur Wellesley, the British general and politician.
>
> I just thought I'd let you know that in political terms the two people
> couldn't be more different. Wellesley was a Duke, the Duke of 
> Wellington.
> He was a terrible upper-class snob, and in his tenure as Prime Minister
> opposed a number of philanthropic bills through parliament that would 
> have
> made the lives of ordinary working class men easier. He certainly 
> opposed
> votes for commoners, and in 1829 at the opening of the Liverpool to
> Manchester Railway, where he was guest of honour, there was a near 
> riot by
> a crowd of commoners who hated him so much.
>
> So in terms of being a Muggle-lover, Wellesley was not at all like 
> Arthur
> Weasley.
>
> Hope you find the above interesting, and thanks for a great website.
>
> Martin Soilleux-Cardwell
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