Children of the great country houses
By: Adeline Hartcup.
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
Published: 1982
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Children of the rich -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Country homes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Manors -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Description: "'I shall not be sorry when you come to keep the boys in order, for they have neither the respect of children, nor the good breeding of gentlemen, particularly Johnny, who talks of bad French novels and altogether wants repressing.' Thus Lady Stanley of Alderley wrote to her husband in 1852, highlighting some of the attitudes of the period. The lives of the children who lived in Britain's great country houses during the 19th century were a mixed scenario, including dysfunctional and remote families as well as close and loving ones. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and photo albums, Adeline Hartcup tells of nannies, tutors, and governesses, treats and punishments, and of ideas about God, death, and sex. She provides close-up portraits of five of thegreat families--Howards, Cecils, Russells, Lyttletons, and Gladstones--but also looks beyond the park gates, to the children who did not inherit the privileges that wealth and status conferred."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 211-213.
Includes index.