Description: The third volume in BHRS's series of poll books and covers the years from the fall of Walpole to the rise of William Pitt the younger.
Brief description: James Collett-White is an archivist and has worked at the Isle of Wight Record Office (1970-1974), Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service (1975-2012) and has been Archivist to Sir Samuel Whitbread since 1997. He has contributed to several BHRS volumes and was, for a short time, the Society's general editor. He has published articles to celebrate the hundredth anniversaries of Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service and BHRS and researches, lectures and writes on history in Bedfordshire. He is working with Bob Ricketts and David Newman on another volume for BHRS on the Turner family of Milton Ernest.
Review Quotes: Give[s] a fascinating insight into the structure of landowning in Bedfordshire and the patterns of local allegiance and loyalty. [...] Social, economic and political historians with interests beyond Bedfordshire will find much to interest them in this well-researched volume.--HISTORY IN BEDFORDSHIRE