Lord Durham: A Biography

Chester W. New

Verlag: At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1929

Beschreibung

Lord Durham: A Biography of John George Lambton First Earl of Durham; by Chester W. New, Ph.D., Professor of History, McMaster University, Toronto; At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1929. Laid -in is a printed note With the Compliments of the Oxford University Press, University Avenue, Toronto 2, price with $6.50 written in pencil. The note has some pencil notations written in pencil, as well. John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, GCB, PC (12 April 1792 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. A leading reformer, Durham played a major role in the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832. From the preface Lord Durham was the first British statesman (after the American Revolution) to urge that the relation between Great Britain and Canada should and must be regarded as a permanent one. I have been particularly fortunate in the nature of the assistance I have received in my researches and the willingness with which it has been afforded. Several years ago, the third Earl of Durham generously donated to the Canadian Archives all of his grandfather s papers which related to Canada. He also very kindly placed at my disposal all of the papers remaining at Lambton and relating to other parts of the first Lord Durham s career. This book, 612 pages is in near-fine condition. There is no dust jacket, but I don t know if the book was issued with one. This is a very scarce volume on a figure deeply involved with Canadian affairs in the early nineteenth century. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2399a

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Lord Durham: A Biography

Verlag: At the Clarendon Press, Oxford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine