Melbourne
by David Cecil
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Melbourne played a great part in the social and political history of England. As Prime Minister he introduced Queen Victoria to public life, but but he was himself one of the most curious and charming personalities in England's history, and one of the great masters of the art of conversation.Tags
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485. Melbourne, by David Cecil (read 8 Oct 1955) This is one of the better biographies I had read as of the time when I read it, although it is not footnoted and I rather like footnoted biographies. But this book is a less "constructed" seeming book than a footnoted biography. Melbourne died at 6 P.M. on Nov 25, 1848. He was prime minister from 1834 to 1835 and from 1836 to 1841, He was a character, but not especially admirable in his policies.
III parts; Parts I & II were published in 1939 under the title of 'The Young Melbourne'.
Subjects; Melbourne, William Lamb Viscount 1779-1848. Lamb, Caroline Lady 1785-1828. English literature; 20th century.
Subjects; Melbourne, William Lamb Viscount 1779-1848. Lamb, Caroline Lady 1785-1828. English literature; 20th century.
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Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil was born on April 9, 1902 in Hatfield House, Hertforshire, England. "David Cecil" was educated at Eton College and he went on to Christ Church, Oxford, as an undergraduate. Upon his graduation in 1924 he became a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, until 1930. During this time he published his study of the show more poet, Cowper, which was entitled The Stricken Deer; this immediately secured his spot as a literary historian. In 1939 he became a Fellow of New College, Oxford, where he remained a Fellow until 1969, when he became an Honorary Fellow. In 1947 he became Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London, for a year; but in 1948 he returned to the University of Oxford and remained a Professor of English Literature there until 1970. In his lifetime, Cecil wrote studies and biographies of many prominent authors including: Thomas Hardy, Shakespeare, Thomas Gray, Dorothy Osborne, Jane Austen and Charles Lamb. Cecil died on January 1, 1986. He was 83 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; Peniston Lamb; Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Lady Caroline Lamb; George Canning; Lord Byron (show all 28); William Huskisson; George IV, King of the United Kingdom; George Lamb; William IV, King of the United Kingdom; Francis Place; Tom Young; Emily Eden; Thomas Attwood; Caroline Norton; Benjamin Haydon; Robert Owen; Daniel O'Connell; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Henry Brougham; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Robert Peel; Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom; John Conroy; Flora Hastings; Prince Albert; George Anson
- Dedication
- To Rachel Cecil
- First words
- Chapter 1: Oddly enough, he did not come from an aristocratic family. By the stringent standards of the age the Lambs were parvenus.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But, in fact, his death made little stir. The world was changing fast in the nineteenth century. And, though he was only sixty-nine when he died, he had outlived his time.
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- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 941.07 — History & geography History of Europe British Isles Historical periods of British Isles 1714-1837 Period of House of Hanover
- LCC
- DA536 .M5 .C5 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485-
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- English
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