The life and times of Thomas, Lord Coningsby : the Whig hangman and his victims / Pat Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Pat, 1938- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coningsby, Thomas Coningsby, Earl, 1656?-1729.

Coningsby, Thomas Coningsby.

Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Politicians.

Great Britain--History--1660-1714--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1727.

Great Britain--History--George I, 1714-1727--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Continuum International, 2011.

Summary:

This book throws fresh light on British and Irish politics at the start of the 18th century. It tells for the first time the story of a powerful and eccentric peer, Thomas Coningsby, who played a key role in Ireland as the kings saviour at the Battle of the Boyne and as one of the top administrators of the Protestant ascendancy. It describes his tumultuous career in local and national politics in England, along with his hectic familial and private life, marked by his combative behaviour towards neighbours and tenants in Herefordshire, where he feuded with the Harley clan and the Duke of Chandos. The book describes his bitter quarrels with political rivals and shows how these were enlisted by the greatest poet of the age, Alexander Pope, to form a devastating critique of the Whig revenge against their discredited rivals. Based on extensive use of unpublished archives, including the numerous cache of letters to and from Coningsby; lawsuits; legal documents such as wills and marriage settlements; as well as newspapers, pamphlets and printed sources.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 1; Roots: A Family of Great Note in these Parts; 1; 2; 3; 2; A Tainted Inheritance: Ferdinando Gorges; 1; 2; 3; 4; 3; The Viceroy: The Boyne, Gafney and Ranelagh; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 4; The Greasy Pole: Godolphin's Ministry and the Trial of Dr Sacheverell; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; Border Disputes: The Harleys and Herefordshire; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; The Secret Committee: Matthew Prior; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 7; The Bishop and his Ass: Francis Atterbury; 1; 2; 3; 4; 8; Bubbling Up: The Duke of Chandos and the Lord Chancellor; 1; 2; 3; 4; 9

A Precious Bird in the Cage: The Tower and Sir George Caswall1; 2; 3; 10; Rejected Addresses: The Duchess and Lady Catherine; 1; 2; 3; 4; 11; Banks of Wye: Lady Scudamore, Cider and the Man of Ross; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 12; Sir Balaam: Lord Bathurst and Pope's Epistle; 1; 2; 3; 4; Epilogue; 1; 2; References; Sources; Manuscripts; Printed Sources; Newspapers and magazines; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781441137982

144113798X