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Richard Romney Sedgwick (29 May 1894 - 20 January 1972)〔''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, pg.2486; ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Jan 24, 1972; pg. 14; Issue 58383〕 was a British historian, civil servant and diplomat.〔''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, pg.2486〕 He was the elder son of Professor Adam Sedgwick, 1854-1913, and Laura Helen Elizabeth Robinson.〔''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, pg.2486; ''Dictionary of National Biography 1912-1921'', Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1927, pg.488〕 He married Mana St David Hodson, daughter of Professor T.C.Hodson,〔''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, pg.2486〕 in 1936; they had one son and one daughter.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mana-sedgwick-distinguished-public-servant-804560.html〕 Sedgwick was educated at Weestminster School and Trinity College Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the College in 1919.〔''Who's Who 1948'', London : A. & C. Black, 1948, pg.2486.〕 His work for ''The History of Parliament'' showed that the Whig versus Tory dichotomy survived in the reigns of George I and George II.〔J. C. D. Clark, ''Revolution and Rebellion. State and Society in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries'' (Cambridge University Press, 1986), p. 151.〕 Eveline Cruickshanks wrote a book on the Tories and the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and said: "My greatest debt is to the late Romney Sedgwick, a staunch Whig, whose wit and erudition I greatly admired, for a series of discussions, heated at times, but, as I well know, much enjoyed on both sides".〔Eveline Cruickshanks, ''Political Untouchables; The Tories and the '45'' (Duckworth, 1979), p. vi.〕 ==Works== *‘The Inner Cabinet from 1739 to 1741’, ''English Historical Review'' 34 (1919), pp. 290–302. *John, Lord Hervey, ''Some Materials towards Memoirs of the Reign of King George II'' (editor, 3 volumes, 1931). *‘Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745: The Minister for the House of Commons’, ''Times Literary Supplement'' (24 March 1945), pp. 133–134. *''The House of Commons 1715-1754'' (editor, 2 volumes, 1970). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romney Sedgwick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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