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Informationen zum Autor Michael W. McCahill did his undergraduate and graduate work at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1970. After six years at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, he taught history and held a variety of administrative posts at Brooks School. He has published an earlier book on the House of Lords and a number of articles. Klappentext The first full assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and house of lords in 50 years uses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook and the ways in which the nobility's multifarious roles combined to shape its members' conduct as lords of parliament. The book challenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed and broadly connected legislators. Although the House became the object of increasing criticism because of the majority's opposition to such popular issues as the abolition of the slave trade or the dismantling of 'Old Corruption', effective leadership, the peers' growing parliamentary interests and their appreciation of the limits of their authority prevented the Lords from becoming an intransigent barrier to innovation. Zusammenfassung A full and comprehensive assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and House of Lords. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Note on Titles. Abbreviations. Introduction. The Membership. 1. The Peerage, 1760-1811: A Group Portrait. 2. The Representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland. 3. The Bishops. 4. Attendance and Participation. Politics. 5. Political Connections: An Overview. 6. The House of Lords and Politics at Westminster, 1761-80. 7. The Lords, the Coalition and the India Bill, 1780-4. 8. Factions and Parties, 1784-1811. 9. The King and the 'Party of the Crown', 1784-1811. 10. Political Leadership, 1784-1811. 11. Public Opinion and Public Pressure, 1784-1811. Legislation. 12. Lords and Commons (1): Partners in Legislation. 13. Lords and Commons (2): MPs and their Patrons. 14. Lords and Commons (3): Procedure, Leadership and Inquiry. 15. Interest Groups. 16. 'Virtual Representation' and the House of Lords. Epilogue. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. ...
