Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820-1900: Rule by the Best? Tindley Annie
Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820-1900: Rule by the Best? Tindley Annie This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of…
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Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820-1900: Rule by the Best? Tindley Annie
This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902). The book draws on episodes from Dufferin's career to link the landowning and aristocratic culture he was born into with his experience of governing across the British Empire, in Canada, Egypt, Syria and India. Dufferin was a landowner in Ulster, an urbane diplomat, literary sensation, courtier, politician, colonial governor, collector, son, husband and father.
It identifies a particular kind of atmosphere of empire and aristocracy, one that was riven with tensions and angst, as those who This book argues that there was a defined conception of aristocratic governance and purpose that infused the political and imperial world, and was based on two elements: the inheritance and management of a landed estate, and a well-defined sense of 'rule by the best'.