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- The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century: Its Administration
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- 2019
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Funder: Mellon/NEH / Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions
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Originally published in 1963. The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century: Its Administration deals principally with the administration of large landed estates during the years from 1830 to 1870. The book also throws new light on the work of the Inclosure Commissioners, who, as a department of the central government, supervised agricultural improvements made by landowners who borrowed from the government and from land companies. Author David Spring argues that the British government intervened in agriculture much more than is commonly thought. In describing the hierarchy of estate management, Spring relies, wherever possible, on hitherto unused family papers and estate documents. Especially important is his material on the Dukes of Bedford and on the domestic economy and financial position of the Russell Family. The chapter titled "The Landowner," based on the seventh Duke of Bedford's correspondence with his agent, is a case study of a single estate and provides insight into the workings of a great landowner's mind. The remaining chapters, dealing with lawyers, land agents, and the Inclosure Commissioners, include other individual portraits. Among these are Christopher Haedy, the Duke of Bedford's chief agent; James Loch, king of estate agents in nineteenth-century England; Henry Morton, the Earl of Durham's land agent; and William Blamire and James Caird, two of the Inclosure Commissioners.
Table of Contents
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- Half Title
- pp. i-ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-2
- II. The Landowner
- pp. 20-54
- III. The Lawyer
- pp. 55-96
- IV. The Land Agent
- pp. 97-134
- V. The State
- pp. 135-177
- Conclusion
- pp. 178-182
- Appendix I
- p. 183
- Appendix II
- pp. 184-186
- Appendix III
- p. 187
- Appendix IV
- p. 188
- Appendix V
- pp. 189-190
- Appendix VI
- p. 191
- Appendix VII
- p. 192
- Appendix VIII
- p. 193
- Appendix IX
- p. 194
- Bibliography
- pp. 195-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421433530
Related ISBN(s)
9780801806117, 9781421433516, 9781421433523
MARC Record
OCLC
1122739496
Pages
226
Launched on MUSE
2019-10-10
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND