David Newton

Sir Halley Stewart (eBook, ePUB)

Preacher, Politician, Businessman, Benefactor: Founder of The Sir Halley Stewart Trust

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1968, Sir Halley Stewart was the second oldest man ever to be knighted in Britain in 1932. He made two fortunes and left almost all his wealth to a trust with a Christian foundation and the aim of promoting pioneer research. He was a preacher, politician, industrialist, and public benefactor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040217160
• Artikelnr.: 72286703

Inhaltsangabe

Sir Halley Stewart: A Chronology. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. Father and
Family 2. Ministry, Marriage and Milling 3. Pulpit to Politics 4. Into
Parliament 5. The Busy Member 6. Land for the Labourer 7. Out of Milling 8.
Into Bricks: In at Greenock 9. Potential Peer 10. In Trust 11. A House
Mourns its Mistress 12. Halley at Home 13. The Trust at Work 14. Knight
Bachelor 15. The Hundredth Year. Appendices: Titles of Trust Lectures.
Names of Trustees. Stewart Family Trees. Index.