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The Greville Memoirs are a series of diaries written by Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville. The first volume of the memoirs covers the years 1794-1814, and the second volume covers the years 1815-1865. The memoirs are a valuable source of information for the first half of the nineteenth century, covering the political and social life of England during that time. Volume 2 covers the years 1830-1834, and focuses on the disputes surrounding the passing of the Reform Bill. It also includes debates on the state of Ireland in the 1830s.
Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865) was one of the most important English political and social diarists. Clerk to the Privy Council for over forty years, he mixed with all the great political names of the day, including Wellington, Melbourne, Palmerston and Peel. Greville was fascinated by people, and a great collector of information, believing that 'there is always something to be learned from everybody if you touch them on the points they know'. Greville always intended his diaries to be published after his death. They appeared in eight volumes between 1874 and 1887, and form an important historical source for the first half of the nineteenth century. Volume 2 begins with the funeral of George IV, and concentrates largely on the disputes surrounding the passing of the Reform Bill. It also includes debates on the state of Ireland in the 1830s.
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