Peers and Politics, c. 1650 - 1850

Essays in Honour of Clyve Jones

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Av Richard A. Gaunt, David W. Hayton, London University) Hayton, David W. (School of Law, King's College, Richard A Gaunt, David W Hayton

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A collection of essays in honour of Clyve Jones who has made an incomparable contribution to our understanding of the history of the Westminster house of lords – its politics, procedures and business – and to the history of the English and Scottish peerage more generally Written in tribute by friends and fellow historians of the LordsExamines aspects of the political activities and social lives of the peerage between c. 1650 and c. 1850, following up many of the themes reﬂected in Clyve’s own writingsA particular focus on the period between the Glorious Revolution and the fall of Walpole, with several articles on the Scottish contingent in the Upper HouseAlso stretches well into the 19th century with subjects discussed not only parliamentary management, but the electioneering activities of aristocratic magnates, and the contribution of aristocratic women to the political world of late Stuart England

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Utgivningsdatum2020-03-26
Mått155 x 231 x 9 mm
Vikt308 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieParliamentary History Book Series
Antal sidor248
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119680611

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List of Illustrations viNotes on Contributors viiD.W.Hayton,Clyve Jones and Parliamentary History 1Jason Peacey,The Duke’s Parrot:The Earl of Leicester,the King’s Children and the English Revolution 7Frances Harris, The ‘Little Palaces’ of St James’s: Ladies, Lords, and Political Association under the later Stuarts 25Graham Townend,Republicans,Unionists and Jacobites:The 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and the Restoration of the British Parliament 34Daniel Szechi,Playing with Fire:The 4th Duke of Hamilton’s Jacobite Politics and the Union 62Charles Littleton,‘’Tis Not in the Power of Words to Tell What My Heart Feels in Favour of You’;or,What the Ossulston Diary Does Not Reveal 85D.W.Hayton,Party and Management in the Irish House of Lords,1713–15 99Stuart Handley, The Members of the House of Lords and the Hanoverian Succession 126Robin Eagles, ‘A Reward for so Meritorious an Action’? Lord Hervey’s Summons to the House of Lords and Walpole’s Management of the Upper Chamber (1727–42) 143Richard Connors and Ben Gilding, ‘Hereditary Guardians of the Nation’: The House of Lords and the East India Company in the Age of the American Revolution 159Richard A. Gaunt, A Great Electioneer and His Motives Reconsidered: The 4th Duke of Newcastle 190John Beckett,Fixing the Membership of the Lords and Commons:The Case of Sir John Cam Hobhouse and the Nottingham By-Election,1834 205Bibliography of the Published Works of Clyve Jones 220Index 228