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The Lansdowne Estate in Kerry Under the Agency of William Steuart Trench, 1849-72

Gerard J. Lyne

出版	Geography Publications, 2001
主題	History / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / IrelandLaw / Estates & TrustsLaw / Landlord & Tenant
ISBN	09066028159780906602812
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=c4wiAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"William Steuart Trench, land agent and author, was appointed agent of the Lansdowne estate in Kerry after the Great Famine. He was vilified for shipping some 4,000 destitute persons from Kenmare to the United States and Canada. With a view to preventing further destitution he devised a set of iron 'rules of the estate, ' regulating marriage and other intimate aspects of tenant life. His autocratic rule made him hated, but he and his son also conferred lasting benefits on the locality through afforestation, road construction, improvement of tenant housing and a program of urban renewal. The book presents a comprehensive and vivid picture of Kerry society in his day. It combines description of a land agent's responsibilities with a uniquely detailed image of tenant life, as well as profiles of three influential absentee proprietors --the third, fourth and fifth marquesses of Lansdowne."--Jacket.