Papers, 1863-1919.

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Papers, 1863-1919.

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Correspondence and other papers relating to the political and administrative career of Leonard Henry Courtney, Baron Courtney, deputy speaker of the House of Commons, and to the career of John Mortimer Courtney, Deputy Minister of Finance in Canada. Also, letters to William Prideaux Courtney, British administrator and author, and to Richard Oliver, businessman, politician, Minister of Public Works, and Postmaster-General of New Zealand, who later lived in London.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Courtney, Leonard Henry Courtney, Baron, 1832-1918

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Leonard Henry Courtney, 1832 - 1918, was born in Penzance and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1858 and became a Bencher in 1889. He left law to became Professor of Political Economy at University College, London in 1872, a post that he held until 1875. He also entered politics, becoming the Liberal Party MP for Liskeard from 1875 to 1885, and then MP for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall until 1900. He was made Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department ...

Courtney, John Mortimer.

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Courtney, William Prideaux, 1845-1913

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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

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The South Sea Company was founded in 1711 to trade with Spanish America, on the assumption that the War of the Spanish Succession would end with a treaty permitting such trade. The Treaty of Utrecht, 1713, was less favourable than had been hoped, but confidence in the Company remained artificially high. In 1720, there was an incredible boom in South Sea stock, as a result of the Company's proposal, accepted by parliament, to take over the national debt (South Sea Bubble). This eventually led to ...

Oliver, Richard, 1945-....

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Richard Oliver was a resident of Ulster County in New York State. From the description of Richard Oliver papers, 1784-1798. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485664 ...

Courtney family.

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