Financing the Landed Estate

Power, Politics and People on the Marquis of Anglesey’s Estate, 1812–1854

Unravels the financial story of the Marquis of Anglesey's estates in Dorset and Somerset

Creates an understanding of the complexities of estate finances and administration and explores the role of the estate manager
Examines the ways in which the estate sought to impose social control through the spending of monies on items such as education, paying voting incentives and the negotiating of rental agreements
Explores how the estate formed part of an economy of expedience through the setting up of local industries, charitable payments to the poor, food, clothing and coal allowances

Mai 2019, ca. 236 Seiten, Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, Englisch
Springer EN
978-3-030-14551-4

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