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2 Aunts, Wives, Courtiers: The Ladies of Bowood
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Contributors viii
- Acknowledgements xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Introduction 1
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Part One. Family, Piety, and Finance
- 1 Petty and Fitzmaurice: Lord Shelburne and his Brother 29
- 2 Aunts, Wives, Courtiers: The Ladies of Bowood 51
- 3 A Christian Whig: Lord Shelburne and the Latitudinarian Tradition 79
- 4 Lord Shelburne, Finance, and Sir Francis Baring 97
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Part Two. Politics
- 5 Shelburne: A Chathamite in Opposition and in Government 1760–82? 117
- 6 Shelburne and Ireland: Politician, Patriot, Absentee 141
- 7 Lord Shelburne’s Ministry, 1782–3: ‘A Very Good List’ 161
- 8 Shelburne, the European Powers, and the Peace of 1783 177
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Part Three. The Bowood Circle Revisited
- 9 ‘Opening the Door to Truth and Liberty’: Bowood’s French Connection 197
- 10 Lord Shelburne’s Constitutional Views in 1782–3 215
- 11 Jeremy Bentham at Bowood 233
- 12 Shelburne and Perpetual Peace: Small States, Commerce, and International Relations within the Bowood Circle 249
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Illustrations vii
- Contributors viii
- Acknowledgements xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Introduction 1
-
Part One. Family, Piety, and Finance
- 1 Petty and Fitzmaurice: Lord Shelburne and his Brother 29
- 2 Aunts, Wives, Courtiers: The Ladies of Bowood 51
- 3 A Christian Whig: Lord Shelburne and the Latitudinarian Tradition 79
- 4 Lord Shelburne, Finance, and Sir Francis Baring 97
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Part Two. Politics
- 5 Shelburne: A Chathamite in Opposition and in Government 1760–82? 117
- 6 Shelburne and Ireland: Politician, Patriot, Absentee 141
- 7 Lord Shelburne’s Ministry, 1782–3: ‘A Very Good List’ 161
- 8 Shelburne, the European Powers, and the Peace of 1783 177
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Part Three. The Bowood Circle Revisited
- 9 ‘Opening the Door to Truth and Liberty’: Bowood’s French Connection 197
- 10 Lord Shelburne’s Constitutional Views in 1782–3 215
- 11 Jeremy Bentham at Bowood 233
- 12 Shelburne and Perpetual Peace: Small States, Commerce, and International Relations within the Bowood Circle 249
- Index 275