# Event Details - **Event Name**: On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 07:45 pm – Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 09:15 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Lucy Hughes-Hallett tells the story of the rise and fall of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in the seventeenth centuryAbout this EventWhen George Villiers, described as ‘the handsomest-bodied man in Europe’ caught King James I’s eye, he wrote to Francis Bacon asking advice on how to conduct himself in his new role as Royal favourite. Then he was just the fourth son of an obscure school country gentleman. By the time he was murdered 14 years later he was the Duke of Buckingham and had been the beloved first minister to two kings. He was called the greatest subject this country has ever seen.Lucy Hughes-Hallet recounts the story of his meteoric rise and fall.Lucy’s biography of Buckingham, The Scapegoat, won the Plutarch award 2025 and earned her the Biographers’ Club Exceptional Contribution to Biography Award. Her earlier book, The Pike:Gabriele d’Annunzio, won the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and the Costa Biography of the Year Award.This lecture will be available in person only at Dagnall Street Baptist Church. Please click on the button above right to register. You will then receive confirmation of your registration by email return. Registration closes at 3.30pm on Tuesday 19 May.If you have any questions, please email Gill Girdziusz via lectures@stalbanshistory.orgImage above: George Villiers and his family in 1628, after Gerard van Honthorst (National Portrait Gallery London) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-albans/on-favourites-the-brilliant-brief-life-of-the-duke-of-buckingham/100001982609831376 - **Event Categories**: - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 5, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: St Albans - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Dagnall Street Baptist Church - **lat**: 51.75258669999999 - **long**: -0.3405214 - **full address**: Dagnall Street Baptist Church, 1 Cross Street, St Albans, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/59655d2778826b58beeba697a9b671e093110b95f3d460e8fe60c452c0a82271-rimg-w1200-h823-dc181714-gmir.jpg?v=1770931205 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham being held? - **A:** On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham takes place on Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 07:45 pm to Tue, 19 May, 2026 at 09:15 pm at Dagnall Street Baptist Church, 1 Cross Street, St Albans, United Kingdom. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham? - **A:** Tickets for On Favourites: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham are priced at GBP 5 per person. 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