William Augustus Miles (1796-1851) : crime, policing and moral entrepreneurship in England and Australia

David Philips. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [195]-202. Acknowledgments 1. A Royal Bastard?: Birth and Early Years, 1796-1801 1 2. 'The son whom I idoliz'd': Life as Part of the Miles Family, at Home and School, 1801-1813 13 3. 'The poison of that infernal & wicked College at Hertford': The Haileybury Disaster 1813-16 19 4. 'Dis-inherited and abandoned to his own resources': Cast Out from the Miles family, 1816-35 41 5. The Moral Entrepreneur Finds His Employment in England, 1835-1837 63 6. 'Destitute and Neglected!': Soliciting Employment in England Again, 1837-1840 89 7. 'Almost a Stranger in the Colony': Taking Charge of the Sydney Police 1841-1844 117 8. 'Removal from the Charge of the Police': Decline & Fall of the Police Commissioner, 1845-1848 151 9. Death in Sydney: The Miles Family Again, 1848-1863 173 Bibliography 195