Jeune, Francis Henry. The Mahometan Power in India. The Arnold Prize Essay for 1867. Oxford: Printed for the Author by James Parker and Co., 1867. [12130]
Removed, no wrapper, institutional blind stamp on the tp, 8 14 x 5 1/4 inches, 77 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
A scholarly treatment with many footnotes. "There have been three periods of Mahometan power in India. Each has begun with an invasion, and each has pursued a course which, although greatly affected by the character and ability of individual rulers, has in its general aspect been a course of gradual decay." - p. 5.
Francis Henry Jeune, 1st Baron St. Helier, GCB (1843-1905), English judge. His father was the evangelical bishop of Peterborough. Jeune "went to Harrow (1856-61), where he obtained a scholarship at the same time as the first Viscount Ridley and won many prizes, his English essays in particular showing an unusual amount of information, an original thoughtfulness, and a command of forcible English. When Lord Brougham visited the school on a speech day he pronounced Jeune's performance 'perfect oratory.' In 1861 he obtained a Balliol scholarship, and was placed in the first class in moderations in 1863 and in the final classical school in 1865. In 1863 he obtained the Stanhope prize for an essay on 'The Influence of the Feudal System on Character,' and in 1867 the Arnold prize for one upon 'The Mohammedan Power in India.' He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple on 17 Nov. 1868. In 1874, upon the establishment in its present form of Hertford College, he was made one of the original fellows." - DNB.
His productive life included several judgeships and leadership positions both legal and political. He was knighted in 1891, and made Baron St. Helier in 1905.
