Author: Edward Walford (ed.)
Title: Shilling Peerage for 1894
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, 1894. Cloth. A fascinating copy of the 'Shilling Peerage for 1894', edited by Edward Walford. Edward Walford was a British magazine editor and a compiler of educational, biographical, genealogical and touristic works. This work contains an alphabetical list of the House of Lords together with biographical information, including: the date of creation of each title; the birth, accession, and marriage of each peer; his heir apparent or presumptive; family name and political bias as also a brief notice of the offices which he has hitherto held, and his country residence and town address with complete lists of the Scotch and Irish peers who are not members of the House of Lords; or peers in their own right ; of peerages in their order of creation etc. etc. In a red cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration to both front and back boards. Externally, generally smart with some handling marks and minor shelfwear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with some minor, scattered, foxing. Contains advertisements of the time to the front and back of the volume. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Politics House of Lords Reference History House of Lords Shilling None


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