1st Edition
Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820–1900 Rule by the Best?
By Annie Tindley
Copyright 2021
248 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902). Dufferin was a landowner in Ulster, an urbane diplomat, literary sensation, courtier, politician, colonial governor, collector, son, husband and father. The book draws on episodes from Dufferin’s career to link the landowning and aristocratic culture he was born into... Read more
Prologue 1
1. Introducing Dufferin 4
2. Property 27
3. Irish questions: the empire within 53
4. Will to rule 83
5. Remits of power: governing the self-governed 112
6. Man on the spot: Dufferin as imperial problem solver 141
7. Ornamental empire?: Dufferin as viceroy 164
Conclusion: decline and fall 202
Biography
Annie Tindley is Professor of British and Rural History at Newcastle University.
