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 to 1830

Published in 1884, Tory politician and writer J. W. Croker's papers are an important source of information on nineteenth-century political and literary history.

John Wilson Croker (Author), Louis J. Jennings (Edited by)

9781108044608, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 February 2012

412 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

John Wilson Croker (1780–1857), politician and writer, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied for the bar before moving to London. He was appointed as Deputy Chief Secretary for Ireland when Sir Arthur Wellesley took command of the Army in Portugal, and subsequently became Secretary to the Admiralty, an important role in wartime. He was noted for his efficiency and honesty, and held the post until 1830, despite changes of government. He was a prolific letter-writer, on both professional and personal matters, and almost all his correspondents were men of importance in their field. This three-volume edition of his papers was published in 1884. Volume 3 covers the period from 1843 until Croker's death. It includes the Corn Law debates, the Irish Famine, and correspondence with the Duke of Wellington. Croker remained an active literary critic for the Quarterly Review, which made him enemies who damaged his posthumous reputation.

23. 1843–4. Mr. Croker's acquaintance with Samuel Wilberforce
24. 1845–6. Political events of these two years
25. 1847. The differences between Mr. Croker and Sir R. Peel
26. 1848–9. General correspondence of these and preceding years
27. 1850–1. Louis Philippe in England
28. 1852–3. The Conservative Party in 1852
29. 1854. The controversy over Lord John Russell's 'Memoirs of Moore'
30. 1855–7. Loss of many old friends
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]