Norman Gash

Background

GASH, Norman was born on January 16, 1912 in Meerut, India. Son of Frederick Gash and Kate Gash nbe Hunt.

Education

Bachelor, St. John's College, Oxford, England, 1933. Master of Arts, St. John's College, Oxford, England, 1938. Master of Letters, St. John's College, Oxford, England, 1979.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Strathclyde University, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrews University, 1985. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Southampton University, 1988.

Career

Educated at Reading School and Street John"s College, Oxford, he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Street Andrews from 1955-1980 and specialised in the 19th Century. The first volume of Gash"s biography of Sir Robert Peel (Mr Secretary Peel 1961) followed his life up until 1830, including his successful period at the Home Office in the 1820s and up as far as Catholic Emancipation. The second volume (Sir Robert Peel 1972) covered his opposition to the Great Reform Acting and his tenures as Prime Minister from 1834-1835 and 1841-1846.

Gash argued that Peel"s reforms were paramount in ending the "hungry forties" and bringing about Victorian prosperity.

Though Gash"s interpretations of Peel have been challenged in recent decades, by historians including Boyd Hilton, this work remains the definitive Peel biography.

Achievements

• Norman Gash has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Sir Robert Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel After 1830

    (Norman Gash's magnificent two-volume life of Sir Robert P...)

  • Mr Secretary Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel to 1830

    ( Norman Gash's magnificent two-volume life of Sir Robert...)

  • Robert Surtees and Early Victorian Society

    (A contribution both to Surtees studies and to Victorian s...)

  • Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation 1830-1850 (Hardback) - Common

    (Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of ...)

  • Politics in the Age of Peel, Parliamentary Repression 1830-1850

    (Great book on political reform in early Victorian Britain.)

  • Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation 1830-1850

    (Norton Library, 1971, Very good., Bright, clean, tight. 4...)

  • Wellington anecdotes
  • Mr. Secretary Peel: The Life of Robert Peel to 1830
  • Politics in the Age of Peel
  • (Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation 1830-1850 * * ) Author: Norman Gash Sep-2012
  • Robert Surtees and Early Victorian Society by Norman Gash (1993-11-11)
  • Politics in the Age of Peel by Norman Gash (2012-09-28)
  • Politics in the Age of Peel By Gash, Norman ( Author ) Paperback 2013
  • Sir Robert Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel after 1830 by Gash, Norman (2011) Paperback
  • MR Secretary Peel By Gash, Norman ( Author ) Paperback 2011

Membership

Major British Army, 1940-1946. Fellow British Academy, Royal Society Literature, Royal History Society, Royal Society Edinburgh.

Interests

• Gardening and swimming.

Connections

Married Ivy Dorothy Whitehorn, August 1, 1935. Children: Harriet, Sarah.

Father:

Frederick Gash

Mother:

Kate (Hunt) Gash

Spouse:

Ivy Dorothy Whitehorn

child:

Sarah Gash

child:

Harriet Gash