Ireland's Czar: Gladstonian Government and the Lord Lieutenancies of the Red Earl Spencer, 1868-86

by James H. Murphy

The fifth Earl Spencer was lord lieutenant of Ireland twice (1868-71, 1882-5). It was a problematic office, combing both symbolic, constitutional aspects with an administrative role that could embroil it in politics. On the first occasion Spencer managed to save the office from political controversy. On the second, during the politically turbulent 1880s, he was given an explicit mandate to act as a governing lord lieutenant. This effectively produced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906359814
• ISBN13: 9781906359812
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"