Top 10 Facts Downton Abbey Got Right
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Date: 2023-11-20
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tacos
Eh I don't mind entail law not being destroyed. Trying to introduce equality to a system that purports inequality seems illogical.
In fact, the downton entail is only one of many. Typically, the rules of succession for each title is determined upon its creation. In Scotland, many old titles can in fact be inherited in the female line but only when that mechanism was specified when the title was created. In many cases, the estates aren't actually entailed upon the heir to the title but by convention would go to them anyway.
A good example is the Scottish title, Earl of Loudoun. the family ran out of male heirs at multiple points so the title passed through the female line and is currently held by an Australian man.
Some people say that inheritance shouldn't exist at all, so i don't really care if uber rich daughters don't get the estates and titles anyway. It's not anyone's right to inherit, but if it must go to someone, then why not preserve tradition. that's the only argument in favour of the entire peerage system and landed estates anyway
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Eh I don't mind entail law not being destroyed. Trying to introduce equality to a system that purports inequality seems illogical.
In fact, the downton entail is only one of many. Typically, the rules of succession for each title is determined upon its creation. In Scotland, many old titles can in fact be inherited in the female line but only when that mechanism was specified when the title was created. In many cases, the estates aren't actually entailed upon the heir to the title but by convention would go to them anyway.
A good example is the Scottish title, Earl of Loudoun. the family ran out of male heirs at multiple points so the title passed through the female line and is currently held by an Australian man.
Some people say that inheritance shouldn't exist at all, so i don't really care if uber rich daughters don't get the estates and titles anyway. It's not anyone's right to inherit, but if it must go to someone, then why not preserve tradition. that's the only argument in favour of the entire peerage system and landed estates anyway
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Edmund
The Entail was a device in thev series that was used to create a storyline drama, in reality Lady Mary would be expected to marry within her class of a Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess or Duke and she would then have moved into her husband's estate; thus having Mary be an hier to both Downton Abbey and that of her future husband's estate wolld have proved both over-whelming, impractical, and a robbery of her other siblings. Of course WW I killed off most of the aristrocrats of Great Britain and the changing influence of international world trade, especially agriculture, made these pocket estates uneconomic against imports from more generous landed countries!
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The Entail was a device in thev series that was used to create a storyline drama, in reality Lady Mary would be expected to marry within her class of a Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquess or Duke and she would then have moved into her husband's estate; thus having Mary be an hier to both Downton Abbey and that of her future husband's estate wolld have proved both over-whelming, impractical, and a robbery of her other siblings. Of course WW I killed off most of the aristrocrats of Great Britain and the changing influence of international world trade, especially agriculture, made these pocket estates uneconomic against imports from more generous landed countries!
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fanjoy
Socialism dwarfed into Communism. Nothing good comes from either.
20th century was responsible for 100 million deaths due to Communism.
As for women's rights. there isn't one thing a woman can't do today in the western world!
You want to talk about real women's rights? Visit Afghanistan, Iran, Central African Republic, Somalia, Chad. etc!
It doesn't exist! Of course women didn't have rights in the early 20th century but to say the debate continues today is only in the minds of those in the western world who most likely are in college working on their masters in some useless degree like. you guessed it. Women's Studies!
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Socialism dwarfed into Communism. Nothing good comes from either.
20th century was responsible for 100 million deaths due to Communism.
As for women's rights. there isn't one thing a woman can't do today in the western world!
You want to talk about real women's rights? Visit Afghanistan, Iran, Central African Republic, Somalia, Chad. etc!
It doesn't exist! Of course women didn't have rights in the early 20th century but to say the debate continues today is only in the minds of those in the western world who most likely are in college working on their masters in some useless degree like. you guessed it. Women's Studies!
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James
You missed one: The portrayal of the Spanish Flu. Even though Cora was much older than Lavinia, she lived through the plague while Lavinia did not. The Spanish Flu did routinely take young adults who were perfectly healthy to their deathbeds in as little as 36 hours. The age group was disproportionately affected. The quickness of the onset of Lavinias symptoms and subsequent death were heartbreakingly accurate.
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You missed one: The portrayal of the Spanish Flu. Even though Cora was much older than Lavinia, she lived through the plague while Lavinia did not. The Spanish Flu did routinely take young adults who were perfectly healthy to their deathbeds in as little as 36 hours. The age group was disproportionately affected. The quickness of the onset of Lavinias symptoms and subsequent death were heartbreakingly accurate.
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MandyJMaddison
Women's voting rights.
Hrm-hm! At 7: 46 Ms Mojo presumes to tell us about voting rights in the Commonwealth based upon those in Canada.
Let's put it straight!
Women in New Zealand had voting rights in 1893.
Women in Australia could vote for Federal Parliament in 1902.
By 1912, the UK was well behind. They certainly did not lead the way in countries of the British Empire.
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Women's voting rights.
Hrm-hm! At 7: 46 Ms Mojo presumes to tell us about voting rights in the Commonwealth based upon those in Canada.
Let's put it straight!
Women in New Zealand had voting rights in 1893.
Women in Australia could vote for Federal Parliament in 1902.
By 1912, the UK was well behind. They certainly did not lead the way in countries of the British Empire.
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Sam
Omg. I didn't realize this was the heir that gave up the throne for Wallis Simpson.
Outside of putting the first world war in 9 episodes, DA was always historically accurate and one member of the family or staff was always affected, eg. Mrs. Patmore's nephew Archie. I was so glad Robert solved that so delicately for her.
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Omg. I didn't realize this was the heir that gave up the throne for Wallis Simpson.
Outside of putting the first world war in 9 episodes, DA was always historically accurate and one member of the family or staff was always affected, eg. Mrs. Patmore's nephew Archie. I was so glad Robert solved that so delicately for her.
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Isabella
You might add that American heiresses married for a title - it was a two way deal. also, not ALL properties were entailed. Many didn't do it. The older ones were, but newer aristocrats whose fortunes and titles were based on the onset of the Industrial revolution and agriculture, didn't entail.
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You might add that American heiresses married for a title - it was a two way deal. also, not ALL properties were entailed. Many didn't do it. The older ones were, but newer aristocrats whose fortunes and titles were based on the onset of the Industrial revolution and agriculture, didn't entail.
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Andreas
I had to write an essay on period dramas for film studies and chose Downton. I then proceeded on 'forcing' myself to watch the first 3 episodes so I can write the essay. A day later and I binged the first 3 series. Hooked. Probably the best period drama ever! (mad men comes a close second)
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I had to write an essay on period dramas for film studies and chose Downton. I then proceeded on 'forcing' myself to watch the first 3 episodes so I can write the essay. A day later and I binged the first 3 series. Hooked. Probably the best period drama ever! (mad men comes a close second)
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Jeffrey
Sorry but Downton Abbey got some details wrong about the Titanic. It was never advertised as unsinkable before the sinking; that myth grew up afterwards. Someone reading of the tragedy when it happened would not have had the reaction Lord Grantham has in the clip shown in this video.
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Sorry but Downton Abbey got some details wrong about the Titanic. It was never advertised as unsinkable before the sinking; that myth grew up afterwards. Someone reading of the tragedy when it happened would not have had the reaction Lord Grantham has in the clip shown in this video.
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brontew
Hmmm. In New Zealand women were given the right to vote in the 1890s and in Australia women were give both the vote and the right to stand for Federal Parliament in 1902. By 1908 all white women had the right to vote. However this was not true of Indigenous men and women.
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Hmmm. In New Zealand women were given the right to vote in the 1890s and in Australia women were give both the vote and the right to stand for Federal Parliament in 1902. By 1908 all white women had the right to vote. However this was not true of Indigenous men and women.
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Joyce
Best PBS series ever written. could have watched it forever! I do own the complete series plus the movie. It's definitely the kind of worthwhile entertainment people need to be watching. not the junk that's out there with the fake name entertainment.
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Best PBS series ever written. could have watched it forever! I do own the complete series plus the movie. It's definitely the kind of worthwhile entertainment people need to be watching. not the junk that's out there with the fake name entertainment.
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Scott
I loved that show. very historical correct as you have pointed out. except. one funny error I found multiple times. people were smoking filtered cigs. hahahaha. that was a post WWII invention. very minor. I'm sure smoking Lucky's was a worse option.
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I loved that show. very historical correct as you have pointed out. except. one funny error I found multiple times. people were smoking filtered cigs. hahahaha. that was a post WWII invention. very minor. I'm sure smoking Lucky's was a worse option.
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Aybke
Idk if anyone noticed this but the Turkish character Kemal Pamuk is given the surname Pamuk. However, surnames weren't used in Turkey till mid-thirties. Yes, Pamuk is a real Turkish surname but no Turk would be using surnames in 1912.
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Idk if anyone noticed this but the Turkish character Kemal Pamuk is given the surname Pamuk. However, surnames weren't used in Turkey till mid-thirties. Yes, Pamuk is a real Turkish surname but no Turk would be using surnames in 1912.
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Rassa
10. The Titanic
9. World War I
8. views on technology
7. fashion
6. royal scandals
5. downstairs romances
4. class struggles
3. women's rights
2. british marrying rich americans
1. the entail
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10. The Titanic
9. World War I
8. views on technology
7. fashion
6. royal scandals
5. downstairs romances
4. class struggles
3. women's rights
2. british marrying rich americans
1. the entail
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Peter
One item I have always questioned is Thomas cigarettes, which always appear too long and with a modern white filter. I feel sure that cigarettes then were shorter and had - if any - a cork filter until the 50s or 60s.
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One item I have always questioned is Thomas cigarettes, which always appear too long and with a modern white filter. I feel sure that cigarettes then were shorter and had - if any - a cork filter until the 50s or 60s.
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Nikki
My parents would like this a lot. Me? I'd rather watch Curious George, thank you.
(If you don't get the reference, my parents watch Downtown Abbey on PBS whenever it's on and that I prefer PBS Kids over PBS)
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My parents would like this a lot. Me? I'd rather watch Curious George, thank you.
(If you don't get the reference, my parents watch Downtown Abbey on PBS whenever it's on and that I prefer PBS Kids over PBS)
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Carl
Dan Stevens was gorgeous in Season 2. Then he got FAT A F in Season 3, then he moved to America, lost tons of weight, grew his ugly beard, got a chin implant, and is a total D-bag now. Looks awful!
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Dan Stevens was gorgeous in Season 2. Then he got FAT A F in Season 3, then he moved to America, lost tons of weight, grew his ugly beard, got a chin implant, and is a total D-bag now. Looks awful!
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Donna
My favorite of all period dramas! Partly because of close depiction of truth in acting, costumes, stories, etc! It even is an amazing show! Super excited for the movie! I hope they finish it soon!
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My favorite of all period dramas! Partly because of close depiction of truth in acting, costumes, stories, etc! It even is an amazing show! Super excited for the movie! I hope they finish it soon!
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TabaquiJackal906
. they should have been dirtier? Uh, no. Laundry and washerwomen and all that existed. People weren't wandering around in filth-encrusted clothing, bathing once a year. Good gods.
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. they should have been dirtier? Uh, no. Laundry and washerwomen and all that existed. People weren't wandering around in filth-encrusted clothing, bathing once a year. Good gods.
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PaulaSB12
there was a tv show about how servants stopped being such a good job a girl who broke her leg was a maid, she stood with her leg on a stool to do her job, then was sacked for being LAZY
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there was a tv show about how servants stopped being such a good job a girl who broke her leg was a maid, she stood with her leg on a stool to do her job, then was sacked for being LAZY
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Carl
Downton Abbey got a telephone in 1914. Ridiculous. On Little House on the Prairie TV series, poor farmer Almanzo and Laura had a telephone in their house in 1885 Minnesota
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Downton Abbey got a telephone in 1914. Ridiculous. On Little House on the Prairie TV series, poor farmer Almanzo and Laura had a telephone in their house in 1885 Minnesota
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King
Yesterday, I just finished rewatching 6 seasons, 52 episodes and 1 film of Downton Abbey. I miss the whole cast already.
Easily one of my top 5 tv series of all time
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Yesterday, I just finished rewatching 6 seasons, 52 episodes and 1 film of Downton Abbey. I miss the whole cast already.
Easily one of my top 5 tv series of all time
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Paul
I would be nice if you could actually get the name right in the title - Downtown, not Downton: -(
Also. a lot of BBC period dramas are well researched (usually.
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I would be nice if you could actually get the name right in the title - Downtown, not Downton: -(
Also. a lot of BBC period dramas are well researched (usually.
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Lauren
Because the people at Watchmojo have ever picked up a history book? This show wouldnt be smart if someone threw a book at the producers head.
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Because the people at Watchmojo have ever picked up a history book? This show wouldnt be smart if someone threw a book at the producers head.
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Katie
My favourite period drama! And thank goodness they said 'Lord Grantham' and not 'Lord Robert'. It's amazing how many videos get it wrong
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My favourite period drama! And thank goodness they said 'Lord Grantham' and not 'Lord Robert'. It's amazing how many videos get it wrong
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Rudiger
The producers also got the kitchen, food and meal services korrect. and the medicine and state of hygiene and fear of disease
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The producers also got the kitchen, food and meal services korrect. and the medicine and state of hygiene and fear of disease
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layba
I just got into this series because charlie cox in the first episode, I loved the whole series thanks to Charlie Cox
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I just got into this series because charlie cox in the first episode, I loved the whole series thanks to Charlie Cox
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Robert
I loved the episode when Mr. C almost got whacked by the hitmen ordered by the dowager countess in season 1.
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I loved the episode when Mr. C almost got whacked by the hitmen ordered by the dowager countess in season 1.
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The
Grapefruit spoon, jam spoon.
You damn fool, that's Lady Mary's Coke spoon!
Did people do coke in 1912?
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Grapefruit spoon, jam spoon.
You damn fool, that's Lady Mary's Coke spoon!
Did people do coke in 1912?
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Fred
Highly derivative of Upstairs, Downstairs and spectacularly inferior in every way to the 1970's drama.
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Highly derivative of Upstairs, Downstairs and spectacularly inferior in every way to the 1970's drama.
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