'A clear-headed man of affairs. John Holms, 1830-1891' Gentlemen Capitalists. The social and political world of the Victorian businessman

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One of four case studies of contrasting businessmen who entered world of politics at Westminster, exploring interaction of their domestic, commercial and political lives, and supported by an examination in much less detail of the careers of a further 200 businessmen. The other case studies are of Samuel Holland, William McArthur and Robert Fowler