Peter Douglas Brown
Peter Douglas Brown (born 7 June 1925) is an historian of eighteenth-century British politics.[1][2]
Brown was born in London on 7 June 1925.[3] He was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford.[4] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[4] On 24 March 1982, he chaired a meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Great Reform Act at the Reform Club.[5]
Works[edit]
- The Chathamites: A Study in the Relationship between Personalities and Ideas in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (London: Macmillan, 1967). ISBN 9787270010816
- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner (London: Allen & Unwin, 1978). ISBN 004942145X
- (editor, with Karl W. Schweizer), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs, 1759–1762 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1982). ISBN 0861930975
References[edit]
- ^ "Brown, Peter Douglas", Library of Congress, accessed 10 January 2021.
- ^ The Writers Directory, 1980–82 (London: Macmillan, 1979), p. 158.
- ^ The International Authors and Writers Who's who. International Biographical Centre. 1977. p. 133. ISBN 9780900332456. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Notes on Contributors", Karl Schweizer (ed.), Lord Bute: Essays in Re-interpretation (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988).
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times (26 March 1982), p. 10.