Victor and Evie : British aristocrats in wartime Rideau Hall / Dorothy Anne Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Dorothy Anne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish, Duke of, 1868-1938.

Devonshire, Victor Christian William Cavendish.

Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of.

Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish.

Rideau Hall (Ottawa, Ont.)--History--20th century.

Rideau Hall (Ottawa, Ont.).

Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--Biography.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Governors general--Canada--Biography.

Governors general.

World War, 1914-1918--Canada.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal, [Quebec Province] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"In the middle of the Great War, Victor Cavendish, the ninth Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Lady Evelyn landed in Halifax in November 1916 so he could serve as the governor general of Canada. Throughout the difficult years of the First World War and its aftermath, the new governor general travelled extensively, oversaw policy, presided over Canada's rejection of the British honours system, and walked a fine line between the colonial authorities and Canada's desire for greater independence. Meanwhile, the duchess managed their home at Rideau Hall and fretted over propriety between her daughters and the young male staff who lived with them. In Victor and Evie, Dorothy Anne Phillips provides an intimate portrait of a family at the centre of Canadian social and political life. Based on personal letters released in 2005, the correspondence of an aide-de-camp, the duke's diary, and other primary documents, Phillips constructs a detailed inquiry into the family's relationships with each other and with the promin.

Contents:

Canada beckons

Getting settled in the colony

Maintaining imperial standards

Honours : the first conflict

The blossoming of Lady Maud

Summer adventures, 1917

Crises of state

A most notable wedding

Travels from coast to coast

A troubled winter, 1918

Honours : the "unmitigated nuisance" returns

Blue sea lake and other summer pleasures, 1918

Influenza, armistice, and aftermath

Parliament rejects British hereditary honours Again

Evie in England, 1919

The Winnipeg General Strike

The duty and pleasure of summer 1919

The Prince of Wales, and other peacetime pleasures

Dorothy and Harold

The end of an era.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2017).

ISBN:

9780773552227

0773552227

9780773552210

0773552219

OCLC:

990234186