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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782414603321

Autore

Huch Ronald K

Titolo

The radical Lord Radnor : the public life of Viscount Folkestone, Third Earl of Radnor, 1779-1869 / / Ronald K. Huch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1977

ISBN

0-8166-6307-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Collana

Minnesota monographs in the humanities ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

328.41/092/4

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Soggetti

Legislators - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1800-1837

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Background and Political Philosophy; 2 Early Years in the House of Commons, 1801-1809; 3 Mary Anne Clarke and the Revival of Radicalism; 4 A Simple Case of Being Duped by a Woman; 5 Disillusionment and a Desire to Quit Parliament; 6 Return to Action, 1816-1818; 7 ""Getting Nowhere,"" 1819-1827; 8 Reform Bill Politics, 1830-1834; 9 The New Poor Law and Making It Work, 1834-1839; 10 The Aristocracy's Adam Smith, 1839-1848; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The third Earl of Radnor, born William Pleydell-Bouverie, served in the British House of Commons for twenty-seven years (1801-1828) as Viscount Folkestone and in the House of Lords for twenty years (1828-1848). Although he was a great hereditary landowner, Lord Radnor was the most radical nobleman to serve in Parliament in the first half of the nineteenth century. In this political biography, Professor Huch traces Lord Radnor's entire parliamentary career.