Wilson, R orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-5896 (2019) ‘Our late most excellent viceroy’: Irish Responses to the Death of the Duke of Rutland in 1787. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 42 (1). pp. 67-83. ISSN 1754-0194
Abstract
On 24 October 1787 Ireland's lord lieutenant, Charles Manners, fourth duke of Rutland, died. This article examines the reaction of the Irish to his loss and the ways in which they treated his body and memory. It reveals that his funeral procession mimicked and even surpassed those staged in London to mark royal deaths, yet retained an unmistakably Irish tone. This send‐off was inspired by three factors: affection for Rutland, national vanity and self‐esteem, and the political climate of the time, which prompted some to emphasise their loyalty to the British regime and others to promote Irish patriotism and independence.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 British Society for Eighteenth‐Century Studies. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wilson, R (2018) ‘Our late most excellent viceroy’: Irish Responses to the Death of the Duke of Rutland in 1787. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. ISSN 1754-0194, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-0208.12590. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Keywords: | Lord Lieutenant; viceregal; eighteenth-century; funerals; mourning; Ireland; Britain; Dublin |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2018 11:30 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1754-0208.12590 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132625 |