TY - BOOK AU - Willson,F.M.G. TI - A Strong Supporting Cast: The Shaw Lefevres 1789-1936 T2 - History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections SN - 9781474241373 AV - CT787.S53 W55 2015 U1 - 941.080922 PY - 1993/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Great Britain -- Biography KW - Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography KW - Shaw Lefevre family KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Family Trees and Illustrations -- Forword -- Introduction -- I Shaws -- II Lefevres into Shaw Lefevres -- III Into Politics -- IV Enter Three Sons -- V Families, 1823-1834 -- VI Brothers for Reform -- VII To the Speaker's Chair -- VIII From Poor Law to Free Trade -- IX 'La Reyne Le Veult' -- X Omnibus Commissioner -- XI Families, 1835-1860 -- XII Young Radical George -- XIII Jane and Rachael -- XIV Journeyman Years -- XV Last Acts of Three Brothers -- XVI The First Man after Adam -- XVII Frustration and Recovery, 1885-1886 -- XVIII The Governor's Lady -- XIX Madeleine and Somerville Hall -- XX The Bradford Years -- XXI Kingsworthy and Eversley -- XXII Requiescant -- Appendix I: A North Sea Voyage in 1862 -- Appendix II: Published Works of George John Shaw Lefevre, Baron Eversley -- Sources -- Notes -- Index N2 - Drawing upon a wide range of private papers, this family biography recreates the social and domestic setting of an ambitious family which had been part of the highest levels of political leadership in Britain for almost 150 years, throwing important light upon public and private centres of power and influence from the late 18th to the early 20th century UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2191165 ER -