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OverviewThis book provides the first biographical study of Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898), whose long UK parliamentary career spanned numerous government administrations under twenty different prime ministers. An aristocrat from a privileged background, Villiers was elected to Parliament as a Radical in 1835 and subsequently served the constituency of Wolverhampton for sixty-three years until his death in 1898. A staunch Liberal free trader throughout his life, Villiers played a pre-eminent role in the Anti-Corn Law League as its parliamentary champion, introduced an important series of Poor Law reforms and later split with William Gladstone over the issue of Irish Home Rule, turning thereafter to Liberal Unionism. Hence Villiers, who remains the longest-serving MP in British parliamentary history, was intimately involved with many of the great issues of the Victorian Age in Britain. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roger Swift (University of Chester, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9781138331891ISBN 10: 1138331899 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 14 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Making of a Radical 2. The Member for Wolverhampton 3. The Young Parliamentarian 4. The Campaign against the Corn Laws 5. Interlude 6. The Cabinet Minister 7. The View from the Backbenches 8. Gladstone and the Home Rule Crisis 9. The Father of the House Epilogue Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRoger Swift is Emeritus Professor of Victorian Studies at the University of Chester, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |