Changing Fortunes of a British Aristocratic Family, 1689-1976

Name: Changing Fortunes of a British Aristocratic Family, 1689-1976
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Davies, John E

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For over two hundred years, the Campbells of Cawdor were major landowners, industrialists and politicians. Originating in Nairnshire, Scotland, they moved in the late seventeenth century to south Wales, where they became the second largest landowner in Wales and owners of significant coal and lead mines. They participated politically in the British state as MPs, peers, lords of the admiralty including one first lord, treasury lords, admirals and army officers. They supported local good causes, were involved in London 'society' and were major art collectors. As such their story is fairly typical of many other aristocratic families in the period. This book traces the development of the family, its estates and activities from the late seventeenth to the late twentieth century. It shows how they established their wealth and power during the eighteenth century, the period when the landed aristocracy was at its height, how they responded in the nineteenth century to the moves towards more democratic forms of local and national government and how, despite the difficulties aristocratic families and estates faced in the twentieth century, they survived, selling off their Welsh lands and returning to their Scottish base, which remains a flourishing agricultural estate and tourist destination.
JOHN E. DAVIES was the County Archivist for Carmarthenshire and is now an independent historical researcher. He completed his doctorate at Swansea University.

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Number of Pages:: 354
Release Date:: 2019-11-15
Publication Date:: 2019-11-15
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1783274344
ISBN13:: 9781783274345
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 696 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 24 cm

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