MEMOIR OF JOHN GREY.

MEMOIR

OF

JOHN GREY

OF DILSTON.

BY HIS DAUGHTER,

JOSEPHINE E. BUTLER.

EDINBURGH:
EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS.

1869.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

GLENDALE AND THE BORDER COUNTRY-BIRTH AND

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS-ILLNESS AND RECOVERY-

LITERARY TASTES AND PRIVATE THOUGHTS-TOUR

ON THE CONTINENT -- MARRIAGE-FIRST PUBLIC

SPEECH-INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS - THE PRO-

PERTY-TAX-LORD ALTHORP AND MR. LAMBTON, .

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CHAPTER II.

AGRICULTURE: ITS HISTORY AND ITS LEADERS-ITS
RAPID PROGRESS ON THE BORDERS-RELATION
OF AGRICULTURE TO POLITICS-THE CORN BILL OF
1815-POLITICAL AGITATION AND AGRICULTURAL
DISTRESS-BORDERERS SUSPECTED OF DISLOYALTY
- PUBLIC SPEECHES AND MEETINGS - PROTESTS
AGAINST THE QUEEN'S TRIAL-MISUSE OF PUBLIC
FUNDS, ETC.-JOSEPH HUME-THE CURRENCY-THE
CASE OF THE INFERIOR LANDOWNERS-LETTERS
TO THE TIMES,

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