George McGilvary

All for Union, Empire and Homeland (eBook, ePUB)

The Labours of "Honest John" Drummond of Quarrel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The importance of the Scot, John Drummond - a favourite of Britain's rulers - is revealed here: how as a master-fixer, merchant-banker, diplomat, spy and patronage-monger he served the new Britain created in 1707. The book shows how he laboured on behalf of the burgeoning empire and for fellow-Britons, without sacrificing his beloved Scotland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429663185
• Artikelnr.: 54817380

Autorenporträt

George McGilvary, now retired, was born in Edinburgh and graduated from Edinburgh University, where he is now an Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies. He is the author of two major books and several articles relating to the English East India Company.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A Rare Talent and Emerging Elite
1675-1714 2. Brydges and Patronage
1705-1714 3. Quality
Efficiency and Worth on Show
1700-1714 4. Setbacks and Attainments Intertwined
1709-1714 5. All Change: New Location
Persuasion and Focus
1714-1722 6. Friendships
Fortune Hunting and Diasporas
1714-1742 7. The East India Company and the Patronage System
1717-1742 8. Parliament
Property
Protégés and Jacobites
1700-1742 9. Favours and Networks
1714-1742 10. Final Flourish and Reckoning
1675-1742