A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 18... - 9781108045254

A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 18311847Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period\nAuthor(s): Thomas Raikes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108045254, 978-1108045254\nSynopsis\nDiarist Thomas Raikes [tel] was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad, mostly in Paris. Volume 4 begins in 1840, with Raike.