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Notes and References Abbreviations Austrian Academy Autobiography prepared for Austrian Academy (see Chapter I, note 4) Butterfield Herbert Butterfield, 'George Peabody Gooch', in Proceedings of the British Academy (see Chapter I, note 2) CR The Contemporary Review. From Chapter 9 onwards, straight periodical references simply containing volume and page numbers normally refer to CR. G.PP. The G. P. Gooch papers Hirsch Felix E. Hirsch, 'George Peabody Gooch', in The Journal of Modern History (see Chapter I, note 2) Selbstdarstellung S. Steinberg (ed.), Die Geschichts wissenschaft der Gegenwart in Selbstdar stellungen (see Chapter I, note 7) What I Believe Sir James Marchant (ed.), What I Believe (see Chapter I, note 7) In the following notes works by G. P. Gooch are cited without author reference. Chapter 1 : Childhood 1. Holmes-Laski Letters, The Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold]. Laski 1916-1935. edited by M.D. Howe (Oxford, I<J53) vol. 1, p. 575· 2. For biographical information about G. P. Gooch, see inter alia his autobiography, Under Six ReiRns (London, I<JS8) (hereafter cited as Under Six ReiRns); Felix E. 452 Gooch: A Study in History and Politics Hirsch, 'George Peabody Gooch', The Journal of Modern History, 26 (I954) 26o-7I (cited as 'Hirsch' hereafter); Fred L. Hadsel, 'George Peabody Gooch', in S. William Halperin (ed.), Some 2oth Century Historians (Chicago, I96I) pp. 2 5 5-76; Herbert Butterfreld, 'George Peabody Gooch', Proceedings of the British Academy, 55 (I97I) JI I-38 (hereafter cited as Butterfreld); Frank Eyck, 'G. P. Gooch', in W. Laqueur and G. L. Mosse (eds), Historians in Politics (London, I974) pp. !6?-90. A bibliography of Gooch's writings up to about I960 is to be found in A. 0. Sarkissian (ed.), Studies in Diplomatic History and Historiography in Honour of G. P. Gooch (Loudon, I96I) pp. 383-94 (compiled by Felix E. Hirsch). Dr Christine Krawarik kindly put a copy of her I 97 2 University of Vienna doctoral thesis on G. P. Gooch at my disposal. I was unable to consult Theresa Ulrich's I 954 Vienna dissertation on G. P. Gooch. 3· Under Six Reigns, pp. I-6, I 3; Burke's Peerage; Crockford's Clerical Directory; All Saints', North Peckham, Monthly Record; information from the Gooch, Blake, and related Sewell families; the G. P. Gooch papers, hereafter cited as G.PP. 4· Autobiography prepared for Austrian Academy about I949 (hereafter cited as Austrian Academy) (G.PP.) 5· Under Six Reigns, p. 6. 6. Information by courtesy of Patrick Strong, Keeper of College Library Collections, Eton College. 7· S. Steinberg (ed.), Die Geschichtswissenschaft der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen, vol. 2 (Leipzig, I926) pp. r I r-32 (sep. I-22), (hereafter cited as Selbstdarstellung); Austrian Academy, p. I; Sir James Marchant (ed.), What I Believe (London, n.d. (about I953)) pp. 37-48 (hereafter cited as What I Believe); Under Six Reigns, pp. 6-8. H. Selbstdarstellung, p. 1; Austrian Academy, p. 1; What I Believe, p. 38; Under Six Reigns, pp. 6-8; conversations between Gooch and the author. 9· Under Six Reigns, p. 9. 10. Ibid., p. I I. 11. Selbstdarstellung, p. r. In later and fuller autobiographical writings, Laughton's part in Gooch's decision to choose history as his major interest is reduced. Sec Austrian Academy, p. 2; Under Six Reigns, p. 10, which contains some criticism of his teacher; also Buttt:rfreld, p. 3 I I . I 2. What I Believe, p. 38. I 3· Under Six Reigns, p. IO. I 4· Ibid., p. 9· I 5· Ibid. I6. Ibid. I7. Ibid., p. IO. I H. Ibid., pp. 8-I o. I 9. The Centenary History of King's College London 1828-1928 (London, I 929) on which the story of the college is based. 20. Ibid., p. 341. 2 I. Under Six Reigns, pp. 9-I 2. 22. Ibid., pp. 9-I4. 23. What I Believe, p. 3X. Notes and Riferences 453 Chapter 2: Cambridge 1. The Cambridge Review, 13 (22 October 1H91) 30. 2. Ibid., 14(I3 October 1H92)9-II. J. Under Six Reigns, p. 1 5· 4· From John Cowper Powys, Autobiography (London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1934) pp. 1Ho-I, 185-6, 193. 5· Information kindly provided by Dr R. Robson of Trinity Colle)!;e. 6. This is confirmed by G. M. Trevelyan in a letter to Professor Felix Hirsch, quoted in Hirsch, p. 261 : 'Already as an under)!;raduate that extraordinary scholar [G. P. Gooch] was more learned in the sources of modern history than anyone in Cambridge except Lord Acton'. 7· Powys, Autobiography, p. I So. X. Selbstdarstellung, p. 3, in which Gooch still refers to the political unity of Europe, whereas in his autobiography he toned this down to its diplomatic unity; Under Six Reigns, pp. I7-20; Wl1at I Believe, pp. 38~. See now also Deborah Wormell, Sir John Seeley and the Uses of History (Cambridge University Press, 19Xo). 9. The Cambridge Review, 1 5 ( 1 89 3) 86-7. 10. Ibid., I 5 !OJ. 1 I. The last two sentences are taken from What I Believe, p. 39· 12. What I Believe, p. 39; Under Six Reigns, p. I 3· I 3· Under Six Reigns, p. 26. I4. What I Believe, p. 39· I5. The Cambridge Review 15 414. The other one was W. F. Reddaway of King's, who was also to become a historian. The special subjects chosen by Gooch were the Gothic Kingdom in Italy and tenth-century Germany. I6. Ibid., 314. 17. Ibid., 17 ( 5 March I 896) 242. 1S. Ibid., 16 170. See also p. 206, which announced the names of two others whom the examiners regarded as having submitted essays of unusual excellence. I9. G.PP., Thackeray, p. 172. 20. Ibid., pp. I6-I7. 2 I. Ibid., pp. I 7-I 8. 22. Ibid., pp. I7ff 23. Ibid., p. 40. 24. Ibid., p. 4 1. 25. Ibid., p. 51. 26. Ibid., pp. 5 I-2. 27. Ibid., p. 56. 28. Ibid., p. 64. 29. Ibid. p. So. JO. Ibid., p. 8 I. JI. Ibid. J2. Ibid., pp. 8 I-2. 33· Ibid., pp. 82-5. 34· Ibid., P· I I I. 35· Ibid., pp. IIo-I8. J6. Ibid., pp. I 54-5· 37. Ibid .. p. I 56. 454 Gooch: A Study in History and Politics J8. Ibid .• p. I 57· 39· Ibid., p. I 58. 40. Ibid., pp. I64-8. 41. Ibid., p. I72-3. 42. G.PP. 43· Under Six Rei!!,nS, pp. 3o-1. 44· G.PP., Defoe, p. 4· 45· Ibid., pp. 2\rJO. 46. Ibid., pp. II-12. 47· Ibid., p. IS. 4S. Ibid., p. 93· 49· Ibid., p. I o6. so. Ibid., p. I I4. 5 I. Ibid., p. I I<). 52. Ibid., p. I2o. 53· Ibid., p. 127. 54· Ibid., p. I JO. 55· Ibid., p. I4L s6. Ibid., p. I42. 57· Ibid., p. 236. ss. Ibid., p. 252. 59· Under Six Rei!!,nS, p. v. Chapter 3: Lord Acton 1. Under Six Rei!!,nS, p. 41. 2. 'Dem ich geistig das meiste verdanke.' Selbstdarstellun!!,. p. 8. For Gooch's view of Acton, see also Chapter 8. 3· W. Goetz, 'Das gelehrte Suchen nach einer Glaubensgewissheit', in Historiker in meiner Zeit (Cologne, I957) pp. I75-6. 4· See also Chapter 8. 5· Under Six Rei!!,nS, pp. 4 I-2. 6. Ibid .• p. 41. 7· Ibid. S. Quoted from Maria Theresa and Other Studies (London, I<J5I) pp. J2D-I (hereafter cited as Maria Theresa and Other Studies). <). Under Six Rei!!,nS, p. 33· IO. Ibid., pp. 39-40. I 1. Austrian Academy, p. I7 (G.PP.). I 2. Ibid .• p. 5· I3. Under Six Rei}!.ns, p. 55· I 4· Ibid., pp. 5 I-2. I 5· Ibid., p. 44· II\. 3 I January I 896, Acton Papers. I7. G.PP.; Un-der Six Rei!!,ns, pp. 47-8. I 8. 'Lord Acton: Apostle of Liberty' is the title of an article by Gooch first published in Forei!!,n A.tfairs, 25, 62!r42, in July I947. and reprinted in Maria Theresa and Other Studies, pp. 332-47. Notes and References 455 I<). Gooch, Chambers Encyclopaedia on Lord Acton, vol. I I959 edition, pp. 52-3. 20. See Chapter <). 21. I2 May I8<)6, Acton papers. 22. 4 May I 897, Acton papers. 23. 2I September I897 (G.PP.). 24. An Autobiography and Other Essays (London: Longman, I949) p. I4. 25. Under Six Reigns, p. 3 I. 26. Ibid. 27. 4 November 1!8<)7. Acton Papers. For Acton see also, inter alia, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics, (London, I952); G. E. Easnacht, Acton's Political Philosophy (London, I952); H. 13utterfteld, Lord Acton, Historical Association pamphlet (London, I948). 28. An Autobiography, p. I 8. A tribute to G. M. Trevelyan by Gooch is to be found in Historical Surveys and Portraits (London, I<)66) pp. 254-8 (hereafter cited as Historical Surveys and Portraits). For Trevelyan now see Mary Moorman, George Macaulay Trevelyan. A Memoir (London: Hamish Hamilton, I98o). 29. Under Six Reigns, p. 31. 30. An Autobiography, p. 21. 31. Under Six Reigns, p. 56. 32. The History of English Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge University Press, I8g8) p. r (hereafter cited as The History of English Democratic Ideas). 33· Ibid., p. 2. In the second edition, the words from 'chiefly' to 'matter' were omitted and replaced by 'at ftrst '. 34· Ibid., p. 4· 35· Ibid., pp. 6-7. 36. Ibid., p. 8. 37· Ibid., p. 9· 38. Ibid., p. I<). 39· Ibid., pp. 73tr 40.