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Record Number: 24592


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Lord George Bentinck to John Wilson Croker, 30 June 1847: 'I have read your article in the Quarterly and think it quite admirable -- a complete stunner for the Peel party. You are quite right as regards a State provision for the Irish Roman Catholic Church'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1847 and 30 Jun 1847

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lord George Bentinck

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1802

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Member of Parliament (Conservative leader in House of Commons)

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Wilson Croker

Title:

article on Parliament and Irish Catholics

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In the Quarterly Review

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24592

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Louis J. Jennings

Title:

The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1884

Vol:

3

Page:

128

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830, (London, 1884), 3, p. 128, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24592, accessed: 25 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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