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Marriage a la mode
Marriage a la Mode is the fourth chapter in the biography of Thomas, Marquess of Wharton (Tom to his family and eventually to the political world of England). The chapter picks up the narrative about 1666, when young Tom returns from three years in France; and it deals with the attempts of Lord Wharton, his father, to negotiate a suitable seventeenth-century style marriage for him. Though the episodes deal with the Wharton family in particular, they illustrates some of the general problems of aristocratic marriages during the Restoration era; and they form a complete story in themselves.
The tables of abbreviations and short titles which are included to help the reader through the (voluminous) notes are the lists for the whole biography, not merely Marriage a la Mode.</p
Young Tom Wharton
This working paper is a draft of the first three chapters of a biography of Thomas, 5th
Baron, 1st Earl, and 1st Marquess of Wharton (1648-1715). It traces the development of young
Thomas (Tom to his family and eventually to the political world of England) from his birth until
his return from France in 1666.
The reader may be relieved to know that the formidable array of genealogical notes in
Chapter I will eventually be reduced into an appendix on the Wharton family and that the table
of abbreviations covers the whole book, not merely the first three chapters. Some of the notes, it
should be added, are made necessary by the vast amount of misinformation that has accreted
around the Whartons. Nice people will not bother to read them
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Galloping
"Galloping" is chapter eighteen in my biography of Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron, 1st Earl,
and 1st Marquess of Wharton (Torn Wharton to most of political England and to his biographer).
The chapter covers some crucial stages in the process by which James II committed political
suicide, and it follows some important events in the fortunes of the Whartons. The time-span
covered is roughly a year, from the spring of 1686 through January 1687, with brief glances at
1688 and 1705. The table of abbreviations and the short-title bibliography apply to the whole
book, not merely this segment
Outrages
Outrages is Chapter XIV of my biography of Thomas Wharton, 5th Baron, 1st Earl,
and 1st Marquess of Wharton (Tom Wharton to his friends, his present biographer,
and the English political world of the Revolution period). The story covers the events
between November 1681 and February 1683-between the trial of the Earl of Shaftesbury
and the Rye House Plot. It covers the most forgettable episode in Wharton's personal
life-one that may be charitably described as disgraceful; and it deals with the tortured,
serio-comic romance between Wharton's wife Anne and his brother Goodwin. Politically,
the story traces some of the stages in the decline of the Whig party before the disasters
of 1683.
I am sure that the scandalous episodes will be understandable to any literate adult;
and I hope the political episodes will be understandable as well. In any event, they
include some crucial developments in English history. For the benefit of specialists I have
printed my lists of abbreviations and short titles; the lists pertain to the whole book, not
merely to this chapter.</p
Anne Wharton
Anne Wharton is Chapter XIII of my biography of Thomas Wharton, 5th
Baron, 1st Earl, and 1st Marquess of Wharton (Tom Wharton to the English political
world of the Glorious Revolution period). The story covers crucial episodes in
Wharton's personal and political life. It deals with the health of his talented wife
Anne, her affection for her uncle and mentor the Earl of Rochester, her sojourn in
Paris in 1681, and Wharton's own brief visits there. On political themes the story
covers the famous Oxford Parliament of March 1681-the turning point, as matters
turned out, in the contest between Charles II and his Whig opponents, Tom
Wharton's political allies.
I like to think that the narrative will be understandable and interesting to
anyone who can read, though it will be most interesting to those who have read the
preceding chapters and/or those who are already soaked in English political history.
I have included the lists of abbreviations and short titles to help specialists follow
me through the lengthy footnotes. The lists pertain to the whole book, not merely
this chapter.</p
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