Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The Governing Classes

D'Epinay. Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. "The Governing Classes.".

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D'Epinay. Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. "The Governing Classes."

Original lithograph from the 'Vanity Fair' series, published January 25, 1873. 365 x 245 mm.
A great Scottish land magnate, Buccleuch was a Conservative in politics, and was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1835 and a Privy Counsellor in 1842. He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1842 to 1846 and as Lord President of the Council from January to July 1846 in Peel's government, when he reluctantly supported Peel's decision to repeal the Corn Laws. After Peel's fall, the Duke's political career largely came to an end. In 1878 he became Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, a post he held until his death in 1884.
He joined the Canterbury Association on 20 May 1848. It was planned to build a town called Buccleuch in his honour near Alford Forest, but this did not eventuate.

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