The revolt of the south‐west, 1800–1801: A study in English popular protest

Wells, Roger

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“…This campaign culminated in a public meeting at the chapel in Old Brentford to consider forming a voluntary armed association in the area of Baling, Hanwell and Brentford. 57 The decision to form a corps seems to have been influenced less by central direction by county defence committees than the example of comparable or neighbouring towns or parishes, or that of friends or neighbours, which appear to have been a major determinant in the clustered geographical pattern of volunteer corps. The mayor of Richmond in Yorkshire explained in June 1794 that neither men nor a subscription had yet been raised there because there appeared to have been no idle discontented men to pose a threat to order.…”

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“…56 The committee of the St.James's Westminster Volunteers tried to prevent this by ruling that any member canvassing for a vacant commission became ineligible for the appointment, and that it should be considered disgraceful for any member to canvas either for himself or a friend. 57 When the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers had first been formed in 1779, the officers served in rotation, each signing an un- dertaking to resign twelve months after his election. 5* This provision was dropped on the corps' re-formation in 1794, but the volunteers continued to have no non-commissioned officers, the privates serving in this capacity in rotation.…”

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The British Volunteer Movement 1794-1814

Gee¹

2003

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Austin Gee, Oriel College Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Modern History in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Trinity 1989 This thesis deals with the political, military and social aspects of the volunteer movement in Great Britain during the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France. It explores the nature and purpose of the volunteer infantry, yeomanry cavalry, and armed associations: their organisation, administration, membership, and political adherences. Several questions concerning the political nature of volunteering are addressed, and it is shown that both the volunteers' motivation and the government's reasons for raising a voluntary force were more closely related to military than to political considerations. The occupational structure and political allegiances of several corps are analysed, revealing a broad range of political allegiance. The conclusion is drawn that the volunteers were more a 'constitutional' force than a partisan one.This thesis also investigates the ways in which the volunteer movement posed a challenge to the established social and political order, particularly in its autonomy and 'democratic' organisation. The central government and local authorities were, however, well aware of the potential threat, and precautions were taken against its development. The workings of the volunteer 'system' are explored in order to judge the validity of contemporary criticism of volunteer autonomy, and it is concluded that fears of apparently democratic organisation were exaggerated. The question of volunteer loyalty is investigated by examining the means of selection, individuals' motives, and the response of corps to peace-keeping duties. Finally, an assessment of the position of the movement in contemporary society shows it to have been closely related to the ambivalent concept of the 'citizen-soldier'.Extensive use is made of manuscript sources, particularly the papers of the Home and War Offices held in the Public Record Office, and official and private correspondence in the British Library and several county record offices.

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The British Volunteer Movement 1794-1814

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2003

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“…Regional economic and social structures are two of the most important'. 41 The same can even be said of Chartism.42 Indeed, Disraeli's Sybil, written in 1845 and commonly considered to be a powerful statement of the thesis that there were 'Two Nations' at the time actually depicts the degree and nature of regional fragmentation within the Chartist movement more clearly than its unity. In fact, the subtitle of 'The Two Nations' might well have been intended as an irony.…”

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The Industrial Revolution and the Regional Geography of England

Langton¹

1984

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to challenge the widespread belief, shared by geographers and historians, that industrialization destroyed regional distinctiveness in England as elsewhere. After an outline of the complex regional structure of pre-industrial England, it is demonstrated that all kinds of social movements and political pressure groups were regionally fragmented in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, that distinctive social and cultural traits began to be recognized as characteristic of particular regions, and that people began consciously to identify themselves with the regions in which they lived. This development of regionalism in England was dependent upon the essentially regional structure of the early industrial economy which, in turn, was related to the importance of waterway transport and the sparseness and fragmentation of the canal network.

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Large Data Bases: The Nineteenth-Century English Corn Returns — ‘Not worth the paper that they are written on’?

Adrian¹

1999

Agricultural Markets From Theory to Practice

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The revolt of the south‐west, 1800–1801: A study in English popular protest

Cited by 12 publications

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The British Volunteer Movement 1794-1814

The British Volunteer Movement 1794-1814

The Industrial Revolution and the Regional Geography of England

Large Data Bases: The Nineteenth-Century English Corn Returns — ‘Not worth the paper that they are written on’?

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