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Unrepentant Tory: Political Selections from the Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-Under-Lyne, 1827-38

Unrepentant Tory: Political Selections from the Diaries of the Fourth Duke of Newcastle-Under-Lyne, 1827-38

Gaunt, Richard
Gaunt, Richard

Hardcover

Series: Parliamentary History Record, Book 3

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1843832666
ISBN13: 9781843832669
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Aug 17 2006
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.50 Width: 9.30 Depth: 6.30
Language: English
Nineteenth-century diaries cast new light on politics of the time.

The diaries of the fourth duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne [1785-1851] provide an unrivalled insight into the politics of the 'age of reform', during the late-1820s and 1830s, from the perspective of a prominent political critic. Newcastle was a well known defender of the constitutional status quo and used his position in the house of lords, his family's historic electoral influence and personal contacts with the leading royal and political figures of the dayto argue the case against change. He was also a leading participant in ultra-tory parliamentary groups such as the 'king's friends' and the 'country party'. His diaries offer not just invaluable detail on these activities, but also a vivid personal testimony of Newcastle's political creed, and cast important light on the hopes, fears and strategies of those who resisted 'the triumph of reform' during these years.

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