tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post5682641907825977147..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: The Deptford election 1888 and Wilfrid Scawen BluntCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-26572631075621996892009-01-20T11:02:00.000+00:002009-01-20T11:02:00.000+00:00He really is fascinating - if not very nice to his...He really is fascinating - if not very nice to his family (as well as his infidelities, he also caused enormous trouble between his wife and daughter to try and get his hands on his wife's estate). Both he and his wife spent a lot of their lives living (together and later separately) in Egypt. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, Adam - I buy too many books, spend too much time in libraries and archives looking at this stuff instead of doing my 'proper' research, and spend too much time online!<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine that Deptford would return a Conservative today as it's been Labour since 1935 and Joan Ruddock got 65% of the vote at the last election. It's funny - I grew up in an equally solidly Conservative area which had returned a radical MP back in the 1930s.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-18634960950899459172009-01-20T09:07:00.000+00:002009-01-20T09:07:00.000+00:00A very interesting story again. I'm always very im...A very interesting story again. I'm always very impressed by your research - where do you find most of the information?<BR/><BR/>I would never have guessed that Deptford had such a wealth of fascinating tales to tell!<BR/><BR/>Another question - would Deptford return a Conservative MP today?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-67466383152389750392009-01-19T22:22:00.000+00:002009-01-19T22:22:00.000+00:00Blunt was an interesting character and it's fascin...Blunt was an interesting character and it's fascinating to read about his Deptford connection. A vocal critic of empire, he wrote a lot about India and Egypt, which he regularly visited (I think he owned property there). His wife, who was Lord Byron's granddaughter, wrote books about their travels too. Blunt also seems to have been anti-religious. He requested when he died to be buried without religious ceremony, and this wish was granted.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com