Peter Douglas Brown
Peter Douglas Brown (born 7 June 1925) is an historian of eighteenth-century British politics.[1][2]
He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford.[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[3] On 24 March 1982, he chaired a meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Great Reform Act at the Reform Club.[4]
Works[]
- The Chathamites: A Study in the Relationship between Personalities and Ideas in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (London: Macmillan, 1967). ISBN 9787270010816
- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978). ISBN 004942145X
- (editor, with Karl W. Schweizer), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs, 1759–1762 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1982). ISBN 0861930975
Notes[]
- ^ "Brown, Peter Douglas", Library of Congress, accessed 10 January 2021.
- ^ The Writers Directory, 1980–82 (London: Macmillan, 1979), p. 158.
- ^ a b "Notes on Contributors", Karl Schweizer (ed.), Lord Bute: Essays in Re-interpretation (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988).
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times (26 March 1982), p. 10.
Categories:
- 1925 births
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- Living people