Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680-1728 Hayton David W.
Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680-1728 Hayton David W. Presenting the correspondence of The Brodricks, who originated in Surrey and established themselves in Ireland, in County Cork, in the mid-17th…
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Anglo-Irish Politics, 1680-1728 Hayton David W.
Presenting the correspondence of The Brodricks, who originated in Surrey and established themselves in Ireland, in County Cork, in the mid-17th century, and were among the most important Anglo-Irish political families in the reigns of the later Stuarts and early Hanoverians.Comprises letters between Alan Brodrick (1656-1728) and his brother Thomas (1654-1730) who emerged as leading figures in the Irish parliament, at the forefront of a political interest which associated itself with the whig party in EnglandIncludes correspondence with other members of their immediate family, providing a wealth of detailed commentary on political events in Ireland and England, both national and local A collection largely untouched by historians until deposited with the Surrey Record Office (now the Surrey History Centre) in the 1970s, when its enormous value