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The forgotten prime minister [electronic resource] : the 14th Earl of Derby. Volume II, Achievements: 1851-1869 / Angus Hawkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawkins, Angus.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869.
- Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley.
- Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (546 p.)
- Other Title:
- 14th Earl of Derby
- Fourteenth Earl of Derby
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-960514-9
- 9786611825461
- 1-281-82546-8
- 0-19-154807-3
- OCLC:
- 437096300
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