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George and Emily Eden
George and Emily Eden were a devoted sibling pair. Both unmarried, they were accepted as a mildly unconventional couple by friends in the dynastically conscious governing class. George (1784-1849) entered politics as a Whig to replace his elder brother, who had been groomed for success but drowned in the Thames off Westminster one January night in 1810. Four years later George inherited his father’s peerage as 2nd Baron Auckland. In 1835 he was appointed Governor-General of India, and Emily (1797-1869), although reluctant to leave her close friend, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, went with him. A witty and perceptive writer, who later published a distinctively voiced pair of novels, Emily chronicled the Indian period, as she did her entire adult life, in letters. Allen traces the development of her closeness to George, their interlocking private and public lives and the events that impacted on them, including the Afghan disaster of January 1842 and the mixture of blame and forbearance that George attracted at home. A poignant coda describes Emily’s final twenty years as Victorian invalid, author, and observer of the political scene.
Peter Levi
Peter Levi (1931-2000) was one of the most romantic and complicated of twentieth-century Oxford characters. Although descended on his father's side from Jewish carpet-merchants in Constantinople, he was brought up a Catholic and was a Jesuit from late adolescence until he left to marry at the age of 45. Part-way through his training for the priesthood, Levi joined the small Jesuit intellectual elite as an undergraduate at Campion Hall, Oxford. Already a compulsive poet, he made literary friends and experimented with hard, bright lyrics on a variety of themes. His first collection, From the Gravel Ponds, was Poetry Book Society choice for spring 1960. From then onwards he maintained an uneasy...
Food
In this smorgasbord of criticism, observation, and reflection, Allen has assembled a splendid, soup-to-nuts cornucopia of comment and opinion on food from some of the greatest writers thoughout the ages. From royal banquets to afternoon snacks, from the Bible to George Orwell, these selections illustrate how food defines taste and character, contributes to atmosphere, and evokes emotion and humor.
Cooper's Oxford
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The Soup Book
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The Nut Book
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Morrells of Oxford
Jeremiah Morrell (1700?-1766) was born in Wallingford, England and was a miller and brewer by trade. He married Mary Smith and they were the parents of seven children, one of whom was Mark Morrell whose son, Mark Morell (1771-1843) became a prominent and wealthy brewer in Oxford. His brother, James Morrell (1773-1855), was even more prominent than he. James was also involved in the brewery business as well as banking. He married Jane Wharton (1790-1814) and they were the parents of four children. Descendants live in England.
