Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical : the Member for Wolverhampton, 1835-1898, and Father of the House of Commons /
"An aristocrat from a privileged background, Villiers was elected to Parliament as a Radical in 1835 and subsequently served the constituency of Wolverhampton for sixty-three years until his death in 1898. A staunch Liberal free trader throughout his life, Villiers played a pre-eminent role in...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017
London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017 |
| Series: | Routledge studies in modern British history ;
15 |
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Table of Contents:
- The making of a radical
- The member for Wolverhampton
- The young Parliamentarian
- The campaign against the Corn Laws
- Interlude
- The cabinet minister
- The view from the backbenches
- Gladstone and the home rule crisis
- The father of the House
- Epilogue