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The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century - Its Administration (Paperback)
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The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century - Its Administration (Paperback)
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Originally published in 1963. The English Landed Estate in the
Nineteeth Century: Its Administration deals principally with the
administration of large landed estates during the years from 1830
to 1870. The book also throws new light on the work of the
Inclosure Commissioners, who, as a department of the central
government, supervised agricultural improvements made by landowners
who borrowed from the government and from land companies. Author
David Spring argues that the British government intervened in
agriculture much more than is commonly thought. In describing the
hierarchy of estate management, Spring relies, wherever possible,
on hitherto unused family papers and estate documents. Especially
important is his material on the Dukes of Bedford and on the
domestic economy and financial position of the Russell Family. The
chapter titled "The Landowner," based on the seventh Duke of
Bedford's correspondence with his agent, is a case study of a
single estate and provides insight into the workings of a great
landowner's mind. The remaining chapters, dealing with lawyers,
land agents, and the Inclosure Commissioners, include other
individual portraits. Among these are Christopher Haedy, the Duke
of Bedford's chief agent; James Loch, king of estate agents in
nineteenth-century England; Henry Morton, the Earl of Durham's land
agent; and William Blamire and James Caird, two of the Inclosure
Commissioners.
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