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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813401503321

Autore

Willson F. M. G

Titolo

A strong supporting cast : the Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936 / / F.M.G. Willson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015

ISBN

1-4742-4137-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Collana

History: British history, Bloomsbury Academic collections

Disciplina

941.070922

Soggetti

Politicians - Great Britain

Great Britain Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1993 by The Athlone Press."

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Family Trees and Illustrations; Forword; Introduction; I Shaws; II Lefevres into Shaw Lefevres; III Into Politics; IV Enter Three Sons; V Families, 1823-1834; VI Brothers for Reform; VII To the Speaker's Chair; VIII From Poor Law to Free Trade; IX 'La Reyne Le Veult'; X Omnibus Commissioner; XI Families, 1835-1860; XII Young Radical George; XIII Jane and Rachael; XIV Journeyman Years; XV Last Acts of Three Brothers; XVI The First Man after Adam; XVII Frustration and Recovery, 1885-1886

XVIII The Governor's LadyXIX Madeleine and Somerville Hall; XX The Bradford Years; XXI Kingsworthy and Eversley; XXII Requiescant; Appendix I: A North Sea Voyage in 1862; Appendix II: Published Works of George John Shaw Lefevre, Baron Eversley; Sources; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century.