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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Richard Potter
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Beatrice Webb
BW
's father,
Richard Potter
, was a business entrepreneur. His financial interests were many and wide-ranging; his directorships included the
Great Western Railway
, the
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
, and the
Hudson Bay Company
Family and Intimate relationships
Bessie Rayner Parkes
According to her daughter,
BRP
received a proposal of marriage from the much older
Richard Potter
(who was a business friend of her father's, and himself the father of the future
Beatrice Webb
) after...
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