Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad,...
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777 1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politic...
