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.
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.
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
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
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