Author:
McGilvary, George K. author.
Edition Statement:Paperback edition.
ImprintLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Imprint2008
Descriptionxiv, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Note:Drummond: Early Life 1675-1742 -- Political and Electoral Realities 1707-74 -- Company and Patronage Infrastructure 1720-74 -- Drummond and Management 1720-42 -- Drummond Network 1720-42 -- Operating from Scotland 1742-61 -- Government: Supply and Demand 1742-61 -- Shipping Positions 1742-61 -- Elections and Watersheds 1761-66 -- Ministries: Company and Favours 1765-74 -- Shipping Bounty 1765-74 -- Patrons and Recipients 1760-74 -- Military Recruitment 1720-80 -- Capital Accumulation 1720-80 -- Summary and Conclusions.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index.
Note:"The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. How did the English bind the Scottish elites to the new British State, ensuring the stability of this new power in the face of possible Jacobite and international threat? From 1725 a patronage system existed in Britain enabling ministries to use posts in the East India Company and its shipping to secure political majorities in Scotland and Westminster. Beginning in the 1720s with a trickle which became a flood, Scots went to India as Company servants, ships' crews, soldiers and free-merchants. By the 1750s Scots recruits- largely Scottish elite, from the highest strata of the aristocracy down to the middle class- filled a disproportionate number of posts on offer, particularly in the Company's military wing. By examining this emergent system of patronage, McGilvary shows how the East India Company and its shareholders and directors bonded Scots society to the Company's needs via the House of Commons, the Company's Court of Directors and General Court of Proprietors. The result is a detailed account of the East India Company's role in binding Scots to the new British State".--Cover.
