Author: Henry Howard Molyneux, Fourth Earl of Carnarvon (Lord Carnarvon)
Title: Essays, Addresses and Translations 2 Vols of 3
Description: John Murray, 1896. Hardcover. Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon, (1831- 1890, London) was the father of Carnarvon of Tutankamen fame and the family estate was at Highclere in Berkshire , incidentally the mansion used in shooting the series Downton Abbey. A British statesman, and liberally inclined member of Conservative Party governments, who tried, with varying success, to establish federal self-government in British overseas possessions. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, inheriting his father's earldom in 1849. He was undersecretary for the colonies in 1858-59 and served two terms as colonial secretary (1866-67 and 1874-78). In his first term he realized his greatest achievement passage of the British North America Act (1867), which gave Canada its federal system and dominion status. In his second term of office, however, his 1875 proposal for a South African federation on the Canadian pattern failed. In 1878 he proposed the so-called Carnarvon Terms, which a few years later provided the settlement of a major dispute between Canada and the British that had delayed the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the 3rd marquess of Salisbury's first ministry (1885-86) Carnarvon served as lord lieutenant (viceroy) of Ireland, despite his having voted for Liberal Party legislation intended to conciliate Irish nationalists. On Aug. 1, 1885, he and the Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell held a secret and futile discussion of the possibility of Irish Home Rule. Parnell had been misled into believing that Ireland might be conceded the status of a self-governing province within a federal United Kingdom. In the end, Carnarvon could not find a settlement acceptable to both Salisbury and Parnell. Vol I xiii+425p; chapters on A Vigil at Stonehenge, Hampshire History, archaeology of Berkshire, Turkish Empire in Asia, Lessons of the French Revolution, Old Venice, Lord Chesterfield etc. Vol.II National Insurance, Letters by Ruricloa, Prison discipline, Proon management, the shadow of a sick room, Lord Lothian, Sir William Heathcote and etc. Partly uncut, Slate blue cloth top edges gilt. Finely produced. Decorative endpapers; no marks or signatures, but a few light marks to boards. Provenance: Pixton Park. Rare . See scans. . Very Good

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