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Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff - The Unknown Home Secretary (Paperback)
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Henry Matthews, Viscount Llandaff - The Unknown Home Secretary (Paperback)
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Longest serving Home Secretary until Theresa May, his tenure
covering the Ripper murders, Fenian violence and social unrest,
Matthews is notable as the first Catholic member of the Cabinet
during a time of continued prejudice, yet this enigmatic character
has been largely ignored or written off. Roger Ward challenges
hostile judgements and examines Matthews' life and career in the
context of turbulent times. A successful barrister, he entered the
world of nineteenth century politics as MP for an Irish
constituency, before becoming the sole Conservative MP in
Chamberlain-controlled Birmingham. Championed by Lord Randolph
Churchill, he found himself unexpectedly propelled into Salisbury's
government of 1886-92, but lost his protector and was left to face
a hostile press and Commons. Despite being born into solid
Herefordshire gentry, Matthews grew up in Ceylon and was educated
in Paris, multi-lingual, cosmopolitan and ill at ease in the brute
ranks of the Tory party. Lone Catholic in Cabinet, lone
Conservative in Birmingham, with no political coterie, he was an
outsider on the inside. Raised to the peerage in 1895, he dedicated
his life to Catholic causes. On his death he left instructions to
burn his private papers, leaving tantalisingly few traces of a
fascinating career.
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