Record Number: 24614
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
John Wilson Croker to Lord Brougham, 22 February 1853: 'I fear that the Government of the country is likely to become from such a strange mixture of things [described earlier in letter, about Lord John Russell's leadership of House of Commons] at once odious and ridiculous [...] I despair, and have done so ever since I read Disraeli's Buckinghamshire speeches.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1780
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Politician / writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Buckinghamshire speeches'
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:24614
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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:265-66
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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. 265-66, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24614, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
See rest of letter (pp.265-66 in source) for Croker's specific complaints about Russell.
