All for Union, Empire and Homeland: The Labours of Honest John Drummond of Quarrel

ISBN-13: 9781032094199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 292 str.

George McGilvary

Opis

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 belo

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.