An Enlightenment Statesman in Whig Britain - Lord Shelburne in Context, 1737-1805

A new assessment of the life and political career of Lord Shelburne, prime minister 1782-83, and of the context in which he lived.

List of contents

Petty and Fitzmaurice: Lord Shelburne and his brother - Nigel Aston
Aunts, wives and courtiers: the ladies of Bowood - Clarissa Campbell Orr
A Christian Whig: Lord Shelburne and the Latitudinarian Tradition -
Lord Shelburne, finance and Sir Francis Baring - John Orbell
Shelburne - a Chathamite in opposition and in government 1760-1782? - Frank O'Gorman
Shelburne and Ireland: politician, patriot, absentee - Martyn J. Powell
Lord Shelburne's ministry, 1782-83; 'A very good list' - John Cannon
Shelburne, the European powers and the peace of 1783 - Andrew Stockley
'Opening the door to truth and liberty': Bowood's French connection -
Lord Shelburne's constitutional views in 1782-83 - Edmond Dziembowski
Jeremy Bentham at Bowood - Emmanuelle de Champs
Shelburne and perpetual peace: small states, commerce and international relations within the Bowood circle - Richard Whatmore

About the author

Nigel Aston, Clarissa Campbell Orr

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Aston
• Assisted by: Nigel Aston (Editor), Clarissa Campbell Orr (Editor), Clarissa Campbell Orr (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9781843836308
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-630-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultur
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education