Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777-1848) was an Old Etonian whose social
world included some of the most influential people of his day.
Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a
'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in
London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly
employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank
of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a
man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these
diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on
his time abroad, mostly in Paris. Volume 1 covers the period from
January 1832 to autumn 1834, a time of dramatic events in Britain
and elsewhere, including the adoption of the Reform Act,
uncertainty in Europe over Belgium and the abolition of slavery in
the West Indies.
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