Speeches In Montgomeryshire

RENDELL M.P., Stuart.

Published by Woodall and Venables, 1880, Oswestry, 1880

1880. Signed By Author. Description: Green cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Portrait photograph by J Owen of Newtown pasted on frontis page with Stuart Rendel signature to lower edge. Further inscription from Rendel signed and dated August 1880 to upper ffep edge. Contains sixteen speeches. Sticker to front paste down of "Binders Woodall and Venables Oswestry". Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Intact clean endpapers with firm hinges. Light spotting and patches of foxing to prelims. Lightly tanned pages with occasional spots or marks. DJ Condition> Na. 142pp. Size: 8vo 19.5cm by 13cm. Author: Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel (2 July 1834 - 4 June 1913) was a British industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire between 1880 and 1894 and recognised as the leader of the Welsh MPs Rendel was born at Plymouth, Devon, the son of the civil engineer James Meadows Rendel and his wife Catherine Jane, daughter of W J Harris Educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1856 with a fourth-class degree in classical studies He was called to the Bar in 1861, but he was mostly involved in engineering, becoming manager of the London branch of the Armstrong gunnery company Rendel was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire between 1880 and his retirement in March 1894 Although an Englishman and an Anglican, he was popular in his Welsh-speaking constituency, and was nicknamed "the member for Wales" because of his vocal support for Welsh-related causes, such as the creation of the University of Wales A close friend and associate of William Ewart Gladstone, he was recognised as the leader of the Welsh members of parliament He also supported disestablishment On his retirement from the House of Commons in 1894 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rendel, of Hatchlands in the County of Surrey Apart from his political career Rendel was a benefactor to University College of Wales at Aberystwyth and served as its president from 1895 to 1913 . PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required. Seller Inventory # 7031

Bibliographic Details

Title: Speeches In Montgomeryshire
Publisher: Woodall and Venables, 1880, Oswestry
Publication Date: 1880
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Na
Signed: Signed By Author
Edition: 1st Edition.