Footnotes to history
Subtitle: the personal realm of John Wilson Croker, secretary to the admiralty (1809-1830), a group family
By: Nigel Harris
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781845197469
Subjects: Family
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. William Pennell; title: Waterford and Bordeaux; title: Defending British interests in Brazil; title: Part II. The family; title: The Crokers; title: Portsmouth and Brest; title: Spendthrifts and picture dealers; title: Rio and the Afghan frontier; title: Naval reports, oysters and trout flies; title: Merchants' wives: Brazil and Liverpool; title: To South America and St. Helena; title: Part III. Ancestors; title: Ship-owners and merchants; title: The decline of the Newfoundland cod trade; title: Medieval roots and the restoration; title: Clocks and clergy.