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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814431203321

Autore

Hawkins Angus

Titolo

The forgotten prime minister [[electronic resource] ] : the 14th Earl of Derby . Volume II Achievements: 1851-1869 / / Angus Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-960514-9

9786611825461

1-281-82546-8

0-19-154807-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (546 p.)

Disciplina

941.081092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Great Britain

Statesmen - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; GENEALOGICAL TABLES; 1. Derby's First Premiership: 1852; 2. 'Killing with Kindness': 1852-1855; 3. War and Peace: 1855-1858; 4. Derby's Second Premiership: 1858-1859; 5. Watching and Waiting: 1859-1866; 6. Derby's Third Premiership: 1866-1868; 7. Recession and Reputation: 1868-1869; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

The first full biographical study of Lord Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving leader in the history of British party politics. A book that will seriously affect the way we think not only about Derby himself, but also about Victorian politics and society more generally. - ;Lord Derby was the first British statesman to become prime minister three times. He remains the longest serving party leader in modern British politics, heading the Conservative party for twenty-two years from 1846 to 1868. He abolished slavery in the British Empire