Ruling Ireland, 1685-1742: Politics, Politicians and Parties (Irish Historical Monographs) (Volume 1)

Essays offer a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland in the late 17th - early 18th century. In a series of studies, David Hayton offers a comprehensive account of the government of Ireland during the period of transformation from "New English" colonialism to Anglo-Irish "patriotism", providing a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland and an account of the changing political structure of Ireland; particular attention is paid to the emergence of an English-style party system under Queen Anne. The Anglo-Irish dimension is also explored, through crises of high politics, and through an examination of the role played by Irish issues at Westminster. In his introduction Professor Hayton provides historical perspective, and establishes Irish political developments firmly in their British context. Professor D.W. HAYTON is Reader in Modern History at Queen's University, Belfast. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Editorial note......Page 9 List of principal abbreviations......Page 11 Introduction......Page 15 1 Two revolutions jacobite and Williamite......Page 22 2 Anglo Irish politics 1692 1704 the rise of party......Page 49 3 The beginnings of the undertaker system......Page 120 4 High churchmen in the Irish convocation......Page 145 5 The crisis in Ireland and the disintegration of Queen Anne’s last ministry......Page 173 6 Exclusion, conformity and parliamentary representation......Page 200 7 British whig ministers and the Irish question 1714 25......Page 223 8 A remote part of the king’s dominions Sir Robert Walpole’s administration and the government of Ireland c 1725 42......Page 251 Conclusion......Page 290 Manuscript sources cited......Page 296 Index......Page 305 In a series of studies, David Hayton offers a comprehensive account of the government of Ireland during the period of transformation from "New English" colonialism to Anglo-Irish "patriotism", providing a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland and an account of the changing political structure of Ireland; particular attention is paid to the emergence of an English-style party system under Queen Anne. The Anglo-Irish dimension is also explored, through crises of high politics, and through an examination of the role played by Irish issues at Westminster. In his introduction Professor Hayton provides historical perspective, and establishes Irish political developments firmly in their British context.

Professor D.W. HAYTON is Reader in Modern History at Queen's University, Belfast.

In a series of studies, David Hayton offers a comprehensive account of the government of Ireland during the period of transformation from "New English" colonialism to Anglo-Irish "patriotism", providing a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland and an account of the changing political structure of Ireland; particular attention is paid to the emergence of an English-style party system under Queen Anne. The Anglo-Irish dimension is also explored, through crises of high politics, and through an examination of the role played by Irish issues at Westminster. In his introduction Professor Hayton provides historical perspective, and establishes Irish political developments firmly in their British context. Professor D.W. HAYTON is Reader in Modern History at Queen's University, Belfast.