Name: Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff: The Unknown Home Secretary (en Inglés)
Price: 25370.00 CLP
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Author: Roger Ward
ISBN: 9781781557150

portada Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff: The Unknown Home Secretary (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Fonthill Media

Autor

Roger Ward

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

112

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9781781557150

Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff: The Unknown Home Secretary (en Inglés)

Roger Ward (Autor) · Fonthill Media · Tapa Blanda

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Longest serving Home Secretary until Theresa May, his tenure covering the Ripper murders, Fenian violence and social unrest, Matthews is notable as the first Catholic member of the Cabinet during a time of continued prejudice, yet this enigmatic character has been largely ignored or written off. Roger Ward challenges hostile judgements and examines Matthews' life and career in the context of turbulent times. A successful barrister, he entered the world of nineteenth century politics as MP for an Irish constituency, before becoming the sole Conservative MP in Chamberlain-controlled Birmingham. Championed by Lord Randolph Churchill, he found himself unexpectedly propelled into Salisbury's government of 1886-92, but lost his protector and was left to face a hostile press and Commons. Despite being born into solid Herefordshire gentry, Matthews grew up in Ceylon and was educated in Paris, multi-lingual, cosmopolitan and ill at ease in the brute ranks of the Tory party. Lone Catholic in Cabinet, lone Conservative in Birmingham, with no political coterie, he was an outsider on the inside. Raised to the peerage in 1895, he dedicated his life to Catholic causes. On his death he left instructions to burn his private papers, leaving tantalisingly few traces of a fascinating career.