The Croker Papers 3 Volume Set
The Croker Papers 3 Volume Set
Louis J. Jennings
$149.00
USDJohn Wilson Croker (1780–1857), politician and writer, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied for the bar before moving to London after the Act of Union reduced the opportunities in Ireland for an ambitious young lawyer. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Secretary for Ireland when Sir Arthur Wellesley took command of the Army in Portugal, and subsequently became Secretary to the Admiralty, an important role in wartime. He was noted for his efficiency and honesty, and held the post until 1830, despite changes of government. He was a prolific letter-writer, on professional and personal matters, and almost all his correspondents were men of rank and importance in their field. His papers shed considerable light on Tory politics in the first half of the nineteenth century, as well as covering literary topics, particularly in his later life. This three-volume edition was published in 1884.
Product details
February 2012Multiple copy pack
9781108044615
1298 pages
215 × 140 × 75 mm
1.77kg
1 b/w illus.
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. 1780–1809. Misrepresentations of Mr. Croker's character
- 2. 1810–13. Politics in 1810
- 3. 1814–16. Passages in King's ships
- 4. 1817–18. Unpopularity of the Prince Regent
- 5. 1819. Mr. Croker elected for Yarmouth
- 6. 1820. Mr. Croker's diary
- 7. 1821. Prospects of Peel taking office
- 8. 1822. Peel and Canning enter the Cabinet
- 9. 1823–4. A new club for literary men and artists
- 10. 1825. The Roman Catholic claims
- 11. 1826. The panic of 1825
- 12. 1827. Lord Liverpool's last illness
- 13. 1828. Fall of Lord Goderich. Volume 2:
- 14. 1829. The last days of Catholic disabilities
- 15. 1830. The new agitation for parliamentary reform
- 16. 1831. Mr. Croker's opinions on the reform question
- 17. 1832. Last stages of the reform discussion
- 18. 1833–4. The first reformed parliament
- 19. 1835. The dissolution and the elections
- 20. 1836–8. Mr. Croker's literary work in 1836
- 21. 1839–40. Difficulties of Lord Melbourne's government
- 22. 1841–2. Fall of Lord Melbourne's administration. Volume 3:
- 23. 1843–4. Mr. Croker's acquaintance with Samuel Wilberforce
- 24. 1845–6. Political events of these two years
- 25. 1847. The differences between Mr. Croker and Sir R. Peel
- 26. 1848–9. General correspondence of these and preceding years
- 27. 1850–1. Louis Philippe in England
- 28. 1852–3. The Conservative Party in 1852
- 29. 1854. The controversy over Lord John Russell's 'Memoirs of Moore'
- 30. 1855–7. Loss of many old friends
- Index.
