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Reformers, Patrons and Philanthropists
The Cowper-temples and High Politics in Victorian England
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Reformers, Patrons and Philanthropists
The Cowper-temples and High Politics in Victorian England
About this book
William and Georgina Cowper-Temple were significant figures in nineteenth-century Britain. William Cowper-Temple, later Lord Mount Temple, was private secretary to one Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and minister in the government of Lord Palmerston. He sought to improve the nation's health and rebuild London, and famously amended the Education Act in 1870. His charismatic wife, Georgina, was also champion of diverse social and moral reforms, and friend to such worthies as John Ruskin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Frances Power Cobbe and Mrs Oscar Wilde. In the first full-length biography of this distinguished couple, James Gregory explores the Cowper-Temples' roles within Whig-Liberalism, philanthropy and social reform, and provides a fascinating insight into the private lives of two aristocrats dedicated to using their powers of influence to alleviate problems in Victorian society.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Childhood and Youth of Billy Cowper
- 2. The Political and Courtly Life of Fascinating Billy, 1834-1842
- 3. Husband and Widow, 1843-1848
- 4. The Childhood of Georgina and a New Life
- 5. Junior Minister, 1846-1867
- 6. The Private Life of the Cowpers, 1860-1867
- 7. The Private Life of the Cowper-Temples, 1867-1877
- 8. Lord Mount Temple: The Liberal Statesman
- 9. The Final Decade of Marriage, 1878-1888
- 10. William and Georgina as Reformers
- 11. The Cowper-Temples and Religion
- 12. The Cultural Patronage of the Cowper-Temples
- 13. After William, 1888-1901
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
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