Sir Richard Musgrave, 1746-1818
Subtitle: ultra-protestant ideologue
By: James Kelly
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781846821486
Subjects: Historians; Biography; Protestants; Journalists; History; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: "An odd eccentric man" : private life and public career, 1746-86; title: "A truly manly spirit" : the emergence of a conservative ideologue, 1786-97; title: "The hideous features of Popery" : Musgrave and the public sphere, 1798-1800; title: "A serious expense as well as reading" : Memoires of the different rebellions in Ireland, 1801; title: "Vague abuse and general defamation" : debating Memoirs of the different rebellions in Ireland, 1801-3; title: "Under arms" : propagating the ultra-protestant cause, 1803-6; title: "Leader of a chosen band" : protestant advocate, 1807-18.