The last of the Whigs: a political biography of Lord Hartington, later eighth Duke of Devonshire ; 1833 - 1908

This political biography of Lord Hartington, later the Eighth Duke of Devonshire, is the first to appear in over eighty years. Hartington was the last of the great Whig landowners to play a prominent part in national politics. In the very different society which came into being after his death in 19...

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1. Verfasser: Jackson, Patrick (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rutherford u.a. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press u.a. 1994
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Zusammenfassung:This political biography of Lord Hartington, later the Eighth Duke of Devonshire, is the first to appear in over eighty years. Hartington was the last of the great Whig landowners to play a prominent part in national politics. In the very different society which came into being after his death in 1908, he was largely forgotten - his reputation eclipsed by those of more spectacular contemporaries, such as Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain
Many modern commentators have tended too readily to accept Hartington's self-depreciation at face value. By non-specialists he is remembered, if at all, as the classic example of the amateur politician who claims to be bored by politics, reputedly yawning in the middle of his own speeches. This myth grew out of the defensive reactions of a diffident nature and out of contemporary expectations of aristocracy
Beschreibung:398 S. Ill.
ISBN:0838635148

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