Author: BROWN, NEVILLE.
Title: Dissenting Forbears. The Maternal Ancestors of J.M.Keynes.
Description: Chichester: Phillimore, 1988. 0850336708. 1st edition. "The author is a first cousin of the great economist and inherited family records stretching over two centuries. These include diaries, sermon registers, autobiographies, letters and books. From this mass of material he has been able to make a detailed study of Keynes's maternal ancestry which will interest social historians as well as genealogists, and which also throws light on Dissenting Protestantism, the Industrial Revolution and on the history of medicine." 25cms x 19cms. Pp.xviii/205, 87 black & white illustrations, genealogies to endpaper, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper + handwritten letter from the author stating that the (enclosed) addendum featuring a portrait of David Everard Ford, should be inserted into the book. (Some toning and edge wear to this addendum page). Red cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Keywords: Neville Brown Signed Dissenting Forbears Maternal Ancestors John Maynard Keynes Genealogy Biography David Everard Ford Langdon Down Protestantism Industrial Revolution British History 46434 General Biography


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