GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Charles Dickens
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Chesterfield
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Gandhi
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Jawahar Lal Nehru
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eugenia Stanhope, the impoverished widow of Chesterfield’s illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope, was the first to publish the book Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman (1774), which comprises a thirty-year correspondence in more than 400 letters.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Chesterfield wishes to instill into him characteristics that if and when displayed by his son would bring up his own image as a father or at least not ruin it. In the letter he discusses and reprehend his son for advantages ignored and character yet seen or not up to his standards.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lord Chesterfield was an accomplished politician and diplomat, known for his skilled oratory in the House of Lords. He served from 1728 until 1732 as ambassador to The Hague, and later as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (1745–6) and as Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1746–8).
Detailed explanation-4: -Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), Statesman.