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Excerpt from Lord Melbourne
The latest and most authentic materials for a biography of Lord Melbourne are to be found in Lord Melbourne''s Papers, edited by Lloyd C. Sanders, with a preface by the Earl Cowper, k.g.'' (longmans, Green, and Co., The volume was not published till after the following Memoir was begun, but it has been of great assistance to the author. His acknowledgments are also due to Mr. W. M. Torrens, whose Memoirs of Lord Melbourne,'' in two volumes (macmillan and co., furnish some information gathered from personal sources which is not to be found elsewhere. Sir Denis Le Marchant''s Memoir Of Lord Althorp,'' Lord Dalling''s Life of Lord Palmerston,'' and Mr. Spencer Walpole''s ''life of Lord John Russell,'' throw interesting side-lights on Lord Melbourne''s career. The Greville Memoirs it is almost needless to mention. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, k.g., preserved at Melbourne Hall,'' and published by the Historical Manu scripts Commission supply ample notices Of the Coke family. The author''s thanks are due to F. J. Head lam, Esq., who, as an old Etonian, kindly inquired of the Provost of Eton for any record or tradition of Lord Mel bourne''s schooldays, and to Professor Jack, for similar inquiries made by him at Glasgow University.
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The latest and most authentic materials for a biography of Lord Melbourne are to be found in Lord Melbourne''s Papers, edited by Lloyd C. Sanders, with a preface by the Earl Cowper, k.g.'' (longmans, Green, and Co., The volume was not published till after the following Memoir was begun, but it has been of great assistance to the author. His acknowledgments are also due to Mr. W. M. Torrens, whose Memoirs of Lord Melbourne,'' in two volumes (macmillan and co., furnish some information gathered from personal sources which is not to be found elsewhere. Sir Denis Le Marchant''s Memoir Of Lord Althorp,'' Lord Dalling''s Life of Lord Palmerston,'' and Mr. Spencer Walpole''s ''life of Lord John Russell,'' throw interesting side-lights on Lord Melbourne''s career. The Greville Memoirs it is almost needless to mention. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, k.g., preserved at Melbourne Hall,'' and published by the Historical Manu scripts Commission supply ample notices Of the Coke family. The author''s thanks are due to F. J. Head lam, Esq., who, as an old Etonian, kindly inquired of the Provost of Eton for any record or tradition of Lord Mel bourne''s schooldays, and to Professor Jack, for similar inquiries made by him at Glasgow University.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Henry Dunckley
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ISBN - 9780260109705
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 298
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