Lord Botetourt

Statuesque, fount of tradition at William & Mary, former Governor’s Palace resident, and the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard. His Lordship/His Lordship.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

You are very good, sir. But I feel much better when they play "God Save the Queen."

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Bah!

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Ah, a harbinger of normalcy. Very gratifying. (No, no. None for me thank you. Brain freeze, don't you know.)

[William & Mary @williamandmary]

It's beginning to look a lot like #wmInSummer!

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Welcome, @mannbriand. If you care to receive advice on the finer points of croquet strategy or when a bowler should try a googly, I am at your service. But you will have to come to me. Obvious reasons.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

You are very welcome, sir. All visitors are, indeed, welcome. All genteel visitors, that is. The illuminated insects provide a gratifying display, to be sure.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Well. It appears that the vile Whigs won't have a candidate standing for #Virginia governor this year. I am content. Mostly.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

“Forced,” sir? Ahem.

[Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys]

With Lord Brouncker to the Royall Society, where I was forced to subscribe to the building of a College, and did give 40l; and several others did subscribe, some greater and some less sums; but several I saw hang off: and I doubt it will spoil the Society for it breeds ill-will.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

@RuthieBaseball So nice of you to stop by the plinth on such a fine day. Your mask is quite genteel, but I look forward to the day when all of us can go unmasked.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

I fully approve of this genteel event.

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[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

No, no. I won't be taking part. But do "tune in," as you say in your flash argot. It will be well worth your time.

[William & Mary @williamandmary]

Reminder: During tonight's Town Hall, panelists will talk through W&M’s public health protocols and plans for safeguarding campus and the Williamsburg community. Tune in at 6pm: https://t.co/Ab18P3jXSl

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Good morning. I thought you lot might like to see what the Wren Yard looks like to-day after the passing of #Isaias. You'll perceive the odd small branch fallen and some raindrops on the Viewing Device. It creates a nimbus, or halo, around the plinth.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

To be sure, to be sure. It *was* rather in the nature of a rhetorical question, though.

[Katherine Sikes ✭ @KatSikes8]

@lordbot Hark upon the gale, if you will.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

You do me great honour, sir.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Quite. The university is closed Tuesday. But as an essential employee — indeed who is more so? — I shall be here atop my plinth. Harking. And what, pray, shall I be harking upon? Hmmmmm?

[William & Mary News @WMNews]

TribeAlert. Due to Tropical Storm Isaias, university closed Tuesday. Continued caution and travel advisories regarding potential wind and rain impacts. Essential employees contact supervisors for Tuesday work schedules. More: https://t.co/OE788E5SRk

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Your very good health, sir.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Yes, I've been quiet lately. Do you blame me? I break my silence to inform you lot that this day we mark Black Tot Day. On 31 July, 1970, the Royal Navy issued the last of the daily rum rations. Eh? No, I don't advise dispensing a daily tot to you lot. That's all we need. Bah!

[William & Mary @williamandmary]

"Yesterday, William & Mary joined universities throughout the U.S. in urging the administration to change this new rule. These regulations are unfair, unfeasible, and threaten William & Mary’s teaching and research mission as a global university." https://t.co/MFflBpXdji

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Yes. I was expecting a more substantial part, but Upon reflection, I wouldn't take away any of President Rowe's eloquence.

[Jane S. @regalbutojane]

.@lordbot Lord Bot sneaks in a cameo on @CBSNews 60 Minutes.

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

We shall have better times anon, my dear. Be well. See you soon. A fine plinthie set, if a bit melancholy.

[Patty Larsen @Patty_Larsen12]

What a difference a year makes...starting freshman year at William & Mary and ending it...

[Lord Botetourt @lordbot]

Very good! This is the way we used to go a-fishing. My gillie was much more useful to my living being than my amanuensis is to my statue.

[Swem Special Collections Research Center @SwemSCRC]

A painting of three fishermen on a lake from Alexander Cruden's 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 (1799). #ForeEdgeFridays