Author: John MartineauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage, and Companionage
Author: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage
Author: Bernard BurkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 2938
Book Description
Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part I, Volume 3
Author: Nancy LoPatin-LummisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100042085X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Aims to bring alive, through the eyes of their contemporaries, three of the greatest political figures of the Victorian era - Henry, third Viscount Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone. This four-volume set draws together various documents including journals and diaries, pamphlets, correspondence, and other ephemeral literature. Volume 3 covers the political life of Benjamin Disraeli (Part II) and William Ewart Gladstone (Part I).
The Milne Papers
Author: John BeelerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100034083X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Alexander Milne was the pre-eminent naval administrator of the Victorian Royal Navy, spending eighteen years at the Admiralty between 1847 and 1876, over six of them as First Naval Lord. His administrative career coincided exactly with the greatest technological upheaval in warfare at sea since sails supplanted oars, and he played an important role in almost every step of the Navy's transformation from sail to steam, wood to iron, and in the equally critical processes of devising a modern system of recruiting and training enlisted personnel, and evolving a coherent strategy suitable for a steam-powered fleet. This collection is drawn from a rich documentary record of Milne's and the Board's labours during the late 1840s and 1850s. It also encompasses Milne's earlier sea service, furnishing a unique glimpse of the maritime policing operations of the Navy during the Pax Britannica.
Parliament, Party and the Art of Politics in Britain, 1855–59
Author: A. HawkinsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349089257
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Wellington's Legacy
Author: Hew StrachanPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719009945
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
the cambridge history of british foreign policy 1783-1919
Author: The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, 1783-1919
Author: Adolphus William WardPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108040136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
Published between 1922 and 1923, the first comprehensive survey of foreign policy during Britain's emergence as a major international power.
Raglan
Author: John SweetmanPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848842422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
All too many historians have dismissed FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan, as at best, an indifferent and, at worst, an incompetent on the basis of his association with the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Yet as this long overdue biography of a pivotal military figure of the 19th Century reveals Raglans achievements over fifty years should not be judged on so narrow a basis. True, as Commander of the Expeditionary Force to the Crimea, he must take his share of responsibility for the hardship suffered by the men under him particularly during the winter of 1854-55 but the fact remains that Raglan never lost a battle for which he was fully responsible. Commissioned in 1804 he served under Sir Arthur Paget and the Duke of Wellington, throughout the Peninsular War losing an arm at Waterloo. He held key posts, including Military Secretary for an astonishing 25 years and Master General of the Ordnance and his influence was far reaching. Raglan is revealed in this objective study as a brave, thoughtful, caring and capable man, who found himself an easy target for critics of an outdated and inadequate military administrative system. Very personal attacks, some from official quarters, mortally wounded him and he died in June 1855, a mere seven months after being appointed a field marshal amid public acclaim. In this first full biography of Raglan, John Sweetman examines not just the man himself but the workings of an Army that was straggling to keep up with social and technological change. Readers will find this a fine exposé of a man who was placed in a no-win situation through little fault of his own. John Sweetman graduated from Brasenose College Oxford (Modern History) before taking a PhD at Kings College, London. He later became Head of Defence and International Affairs at RMA Sandhurst. He is the author of numerous military works. Now retired he lives at Camberley.
The Victorian Family
Author: Anthony S. WohlPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315535041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
First published in 1978, this multi-disciplinary study embraces a wide selection of topics ranging from family intimacy and authoritarianism to the family as a unit for launching social reforms. Subjects treated in the nine essays include the Victorian attitude to childbirth, the role of the nanny, the power of the upper-class paterfamilias, the pattern of family work and fertility, and incest among the Victorian working classes. The book is introduced by a critical survey of the state of family history and the need for new studies. From the essays, the Victorian family emerges as both a refuge from society and a springboard into it, and as an important unit for the study of the repression and exploitation of women and children in Victorian society. This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian history and society.