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- Title
To be a member of the leading gentry: the Suffolk voluntary subscriptions of 1782.
- Authors
Aoki, Yasushi
- Abstract
This article examines the Suffolk voluntary subscription campaign conducted to raise funds for the building of naval ships in 1782. By carefully analysing the list of subscribers, as well as by looking into the initial process of the campaign, it demonstrates the importance of the county’s leading gentry group. Special attention is paid to Sir Charles Davers of Rushbrooke, one of the principal proposers of the patriotic project, who contributed the comparatively large sum of £300.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; GENTRY; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.
- Publication
Historical Research, 2003, Vol 76, Issue 191, p78
- ISSN
0950-3471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2281.00166