Stanhope: A study in eighteenth-century war and diplomacy

by Basil Williams

Excellent biography of James, First Earl Stanhope, who was a major figure in the War of the Spanish Succession and later became the Whig Chief Minister from 1717 until his death in 1721.

478 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

The son of a barrister, Basil Williams was educated at Marlborough College and at New College, Oxford, where he read classics. After military service and a number of administrative positions in South Africa, he served as Kingsford Professor of History at McGill University in 1921, and then professor of History at Edinburgh University from 1925 to 1937 when he retired. In 1935 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy.