Vaughan correctly pointed to the importance of the fact that John George’s father, George Adair, had married into the powerful and influential Trench family. In particular, his interaction with the […]
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Read More →The inebriate reformatory system in Britain and Ireland emerged as a result of the 1898 Inebriate Act, which gave legislative standing to three institutions variously charged with the punishment, reform […]
Read More →Despite a chequered career in the service of six European monarchs (four of them Russian) and a military reputation that merited Frederick the Great of Prussia’s glowing comparison to Prince […]
Read More →With the nights getter longer, we’ve decided to do a little online round-up, as there is all kinds of material now on the internet thanks to the decade of centenaries/commemoration. […]
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