Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. The Family Tree xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Middle Wallop 8
8. 2. The Todds of Fore Street 14
9. 3. Fore Street and the Textiles Trade 26
10. 4. James Morrison, ‘the Napoleon of Shopkeepers’ 37
11. 5. The Education of a Gentleman (Part One) 46
12. 6. The Education of a Gentleman (Part Two): The Grand Tour 64
13. 7. Into Parliament 74
14. 8. Fonthill 82
15. 9. 57 Harley Street 102
16. 10. In Parliament 113
17. 11. ‘The American Project’ 125
18. 12. Letters from America, 1841–1845 146
19. 13. Basildon: Papworth’s Last Commission 168
20. 14. Basildon: ‘What a Casket to Enclose Pictorial Gems’ 182
21. 15. The Final Decade 195
22. 16. Charles Morrison, 1817–1909: ‘Statesman in Finance’ 210
23. 17. Alfred Morrison, 1821–1897: ‘Victorian Maecenas’ 225
24. Epilogue 248
25. Notes 252
26. Select Bibliography 304
27. Index 314