A Strong Supporting Cast
The Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936
Published on 19. November 2015
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-4742-4136-6 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
813 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-4136-6 (9781474241366)
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Person
F. M. G. Willson was Vice-Chancellor of Murdoch University. Prior to that he was Principle of the University of London, UK.
Content
Acknowledgements
List of Family Trees and Illustrations
Foreword Nicholas Wickham-Irving
Introduction
1 Shaws
2 Lefevres into Shaw Lefevres
3 Into Politics
4 Enter Three Sons
5 Families, 1823-1834
6 Brothers for Reform
7 To the Speaker's Chair
8 From Poor Law to Free Trade
9 'La Reyne Le Veult'
10 Omnibus Commissioner
11 Families, 1835-1860
12 Young Radical George
13 Jane and Rachael
14 Journeyman Years
15 Last Acts of Three Brothers
16 The First Man After Adam
17 Frustration and Recovery, 1885-1886
18 The Governor's Lady
19 Madeleine and Somerville Hall
20 The Bradford Years
21 Kingsworthy and Eversley
22 Requiescant
Appendix I: A North Sea Voyage in 1862
Appendix II: Published Works of George John Shaw Lefevre, Baron Eversley
Sources
Notes
Index
List of Family Trees and Illustrations
Foreword Nicholas Wickham-Irving
Introduction
1 Shaws
2 Lefevres into Shaw Lefevres
3 Into Politics
4 Enter Three Sons
5 Families, 1823-1834
6 Brothers for Reform
7 To the Speaker's Chair
8 From Poor Law to Free Trade
9 'La Reyne Le Veult'
10 Omnibus Commissioner
11 Families, 1835-1860
12 Young Radical George
13 Jane and Rachael
14 Journeyman Years
15 Last Acts of Three Brothers
16 The First Man After Adam
17 Frustration and Recovery, 1885-1886
18 The Governor's Lady
19 Madeleine and Somerville Hall
20 The Bradford Years
21 Kingsworthy and Eversley
22 Requiescant
Appendix I: A North Sea Voyage in 1862
Appendix II: Published Works of George John Shaw Lefevre, Baron Eversley
Sources
Notes
Index