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Virtues of a wicked earl : the life and legend of William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (1806-78) / A.P.W. Malcomson.

Title
Virtues of a wicked earl : the life and legend of William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (1806-78) / A.P.W. Malcomson.
Author
Malcomson, A. P. W.
Publication
Dublin : Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2009.

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Description
xviii, 406 p., plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Subject
  • Leitrim, William Sydney Clements, Earl of, 1806-1878
  • Clements family
  • 1800-1899
  • Landowners > Ireland > Leitrim (County) > Biography
  • Leitrim (Ireland : County) > History
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-383) and index.
Contents
'By hereditary virtues': Lord Leitrim's family background, c. 1650-c.1800 -- Lord Leitrim's father, the 2nd earl (1768-1854) -- The younger son: Lord Leitrim's life from 1806 to 1839 -- The heir apparent: Lord Leitrim's life from 1839 to 1854 -- Politics and police, c. 1840-1878 -- Landlordism, 1854-1878 -- Private life and the 'droit de seigneur' c, 1840-1878 -- Lord Leitrim's will and alleged insanity, c. 1870-c. 1880 -- The Clements family after Lord Leitrim, c. 1880-c. 1975.
ISBN
  • 9781846821219
  • 1846821215
OCLC
  • 221166747
  • SCSB-11572187
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library