Lord Aberdeen and Conservative foreign policy, 1841-1846
This study looks at Lord Aberdeenâs second tenure as Foreign Secretary, in Robert Peelâs government of 1841-46. The tenure is first contextualised by an analysis of Aberdeenâs âmental mapâ, in order to reconstruct the personal influences and reasoning behind Conservative foreign policy. The study then engages with Aberdeenâs dealings in Europe, where it provides an alternative interpretation of the Anglo-French entente. It considers Aberdeen and the Conservativesâ approach to Russia and the âEastern Questionâ which, along with Chapter Two, treads historiographical terra incognita. Britainâs engagement with America is then analysed; the discord of preceding years, various festering diplomatic sores, and Americaâs growing influence had combined to throw relations into sharp focus. This study re-examines archives that have, for the most part, been long neglected or examined in the light of historiographical debates long superseded by new developments. Where the present methodology varies from previous works is that different questions are being asked of the material in accordance with the new contexts in which Aberdeen and Conservative foreign policy are considered: these relate to conclusions
Butcher, Samuel J.
Lord Aberdeen and Conservative foreign policy, 1841-1846. This study looks at Lord Aberdeenâs second tenure as Foreign Secretary, in Robert Peelâs government of 1841-46. The tenure is first contextualised by an analysis of Aberdeenâs âmental mapâ, in order to reconstruct the personal influences and reasoning behind Conservative foreign policy. The study then engages with Aberdeenâs dealings in Europe, where it provides an alternative interpretation of the Anglo-French entente. It considers Aberdeen and the Conservativesâ approach to Russia and the âEastern Questionâ which, along with Chapter Two, treads historiographical terra incognita. Britainâs engagement with America is then analysed; the discord of preceding years, various festering diplomatic sores, and Americaâs growing influence had combined to throw relations into sharp focus. This study re-examines archives that have, for the most part, been long neglected or examined in the light of historiographical debates long superseded by new developments. Where the present methodology varies from previous works is that different questions are being asked of the material in accordance with the new contexts in which Aberdeen and Conservative foreign policy are considered: these relate to conclusions
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