Faithful Victorian William Thomas Thornton, 1813-1880
This book weaves William Thomas Thornton’s life story into the larger themes of his diverse writings whose purpose was to expose ambiguities and contradictions in politics, economics, metaphysics and religion. Thornton was a poet, an intrepid traveler, a
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Faithful Victorian
Mark Donoghue
Faithful Victorian William Thomas Thornton, 1813-1880
Mark Donoghue SIM University 461 Clementi Road Singapore
ISBN 978-1-137-59086-2 ISBN 978-1-137-58773-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58773-2
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016940638 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © William Thomas Thornton (c. 1870) used courtesy of Mrs. Pru de Lavison Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York
I dedicate this book to my whanau.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book has been a very long time in the making and I’ve accumulated a lot of intellectual debts along the way that I’m very happy to acknowledge. Since I may not get the opportunity again, I would like to thank the following people who have, in one way or another, provided wonderful advice, support and encouragement during the course of writing the book: Conrad Blyth, Tony Endres, Tejaswini Dhavale, Peter Groenewegen, Juggy Landay, the Goddards of Millswood, Jeff Lipkes, John Lodewijks, Mark Wright, Peter Zohrab, Brian Barraclough, Margaret Munro-Clark, Scott Austin, James Beard, Martin Moir, Vasuki Utravathy, Jim Casey and Kris Kuek. I send thanks to the people I’ve either forgotten or failed to mention. The pleasure of writing about William Thornton would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of Mrs Pru de Lavison, William Thornton’s great-great-granddaughter, who kindly allowed me access to unpublished papers, letters and photographs in her possession. On several occasions, Pru, her husband, Douglas, her sister Averil CarmaltJones, and her sons Piers and Justin welcomed me into the family home in Alresford, Hampshire, while I worked on the Thornton family papers. Special thanks for archival assistance are due to the librarians and staff at the India Off
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