Bowood circle

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The Bowood circle was a loose, international group of intellectual figures and writers of the later 18th century drawn together around

political reform.[1] They met informally at Bowood House, or in London, and have been compared to a think tank.[2]

Proposals from the circle were aired in the Repository, edited by Benjamin Vaughan, during 1788.[3]

Terminology

Shelburne's patronage was broadly based, and not limited to this intellectual set, also called the Bowood Group.[4] The "Shelburne circle" may have a broader reference than the inner Bowood circle.[5] "Shelburne group" may refer to a faction of Whig Members of Parliament.[6] Lansdowne circle, referencing Shelburne's step up in the peerage from Earl of Shelburne to Marquess of Lansdowne, may be used as a synonym of "Bowood circle".[7]

A later "Bowood circle" was that around the

Nassau Senior.[8]

Membership

Those associated with the circle included:

The group had some members in common with the

Lunar Society and the Liverpool Roscoe circle.[13]

Notes

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98253. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22761. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ISBN 9781317189879
    .
  4. ISBN 9781317318194
    .
  5. ISBN 9781443802826
    .
  6. ^ The Burke Newsletter. University of Detroit Press. 1769. p. 614.
  7. ISBN 9780739110874
    .
  8. JSTOR 2639842
  9. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98254. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  10. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22070. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  11. JSTOR 2639100
  12. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98252. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  13. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101301. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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