342 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
342 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
342 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides the first biographical study of Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898), whose long UK parliamentary career spanned numerous government administrations under twenty different prime ministers.
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... Read more
Introduction
1. The Making of a Radical
2. The Member for Wolverhampton
3. The Young Parliamentarian
4. The Campaign against the Corn Laws
5. Interlude
6. The Cabinet Minister
7. The View from the Backbenches
8. Gladstone and the Home Rule Crisis
9. The Father of the House
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Roger Swift is Emeritus Professor of Victorian Studies at the University of Chester, UK
