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The Life of the Fourth Earl of Rochford (1717-1781): Eighteenth Century Anglo-Dutch Courtier, Diplomat and Statesman: 1-2
Author(s): Geoffrey W. Rice (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 July 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 788 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773413006
- ISBN-13: 9780773413009
Book Description
This study presents Rochfort’s important and substantial contribution to Britain’s eighteenth century foreign policy in the context of his times while unfolding the interaction between his career and personal life. The study also offers the first detailed account of the domestic work of a British secretary of state before the 1782 division into Foreign and Home offices.
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This study presents Rochfort’s important and substantial contribution to Britain’s eighteenth century foreign policy in the context of his times while unfolding the interaction between his career and personal life. The study also offers the first detailed account of the domestic work of a British secretary of state before the 1782 division into Foreign and Home offices.
About the Author
Geoffrey W. Rice is Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, where he graduated Ph.D in History in 1974. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London) in 1991.
