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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willson, F. M. G, author.

Series:

History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

History: British history, Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Politicians.

Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Shaw Lefevre family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

"First published in 1993 by The Athlone Press."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9781474241373

1474241379

OCLC:

919201427