Ireland's Czar: Gladstonian Government and the Lord Lieutenancies of the Red Earl Spen: Gladstonian Government and the Lord Lieutenancies of the Red Earl Spencer, 1868-86 - Rilegato

Murphy, James H.

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ISBN 10: 1906359814 ISBN 13: 9781906359812

Casa editrice: Univ College Dublin Pr, 2014

Riassunto

The fifth Earl Spencer was lord lieutenant of Ireland twice (1868-71, 1882-5). It was a problematic office, combing both symbolic, constitutional aspects with an administrative role that could embroil it in politics. On the first occasion Spencer managed to save the office from political controversy. On the second, during the politically turbulent 1880s, he was given an explicit mandate to act as a governing lord lieutenant. This effectively produced the appearance of a bifurcated government with the Liberal government at Westminster able psychologically to distance itself from the Irish Executive under Spencer. Equally, the Irish Parliamentary Party, effected a bifurcated opposition. This work continues the argument of the author's 2001 book, Abject Loyalty: Nationalism and Monarch in Ireland during the Reign of Queen Victoria, that in nineteenth-century Ireland, political affinity with Britain was damaged by the sacrifice for short-term political ends of constitutional offices (such as the monarchy and lord lieutenancy) that were important for bolstering that affinity.This ground-breaking study, exploring the career intricacies of lord lieutenant Earl Spencer, sheds new light on an area of Irish History, as of yet, largely unexplored.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ College Dublin Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1906359814
• ISBN 13: 9781906359812
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400