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<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><br /> <html><br /> <head><br /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><br /> <meta name="Keywords" content="Peter Tait, Peter, Tait, biography, John, Waite, John E Waite, Alexander Collie, army, uniforms, Shetland, Limerick, Sir Peter Tait, Kirkwall, Orkney, army uniforms, manufacture of army uniforms, steam powered sewing machines, sewing machines, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, blockade running, blockade runners, fraud, financial fraud, Parliamentary elections, steamships, mail steamers, paddle steamers, cigarettes, cigarette manufacture, oil in Georgia, oil in the Caucasus, bankruptcy, Constantinople, Ottoman Bank, Imperial Ottoman Bank, Antwerp, Cannock, Cannock Tait & Co, SS Condor, cotton, American cotton, Russo/Turkish War, Charge of the Light Brigade, SS Evelyn, SS Falcon, Fenians, SS Flamingo, Galveston, Georgia, Irish Home Rule, SS Kelpie, Jim Kemmy, Lerwick, Balfour Logie, Logie, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Colin J McRae, Mayor of Limerick, Mobile Alabama, Montevideo, Nassau, North Carolina, Old Limerick Journal, Charles Stewart Parnell, Richard Piggott, SS Ptarmigan, Richmond Virginia, Rio de Janeiro, shirts, steam power, Stock Exchange, Sublime Porte, R T Tait, Edward Wilkins Waite, E W Waite, Edward W Waite, Wilmington, Nicoll"><br /> <title>Peter Tait : A Remarkable Story</title><br /> <link href="milnford.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><br /> <style type="text/css"><br /> <br /> </style></head><br /> <br /> <body><br /> <table width="592" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td width="21" height="45"> </td><br /> <td colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="style36">Published by</span></td><br /> <td width="2"> </td><br /> <td width="1"></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="47"> </td><br /> <td colspan="11" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div align="center"><span class="style13">Milnford Publications</span></div></td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="45"> </td><br /> <td colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div align="center"><span class="style36">The definitive biography of Sir Peter Tait JP DL (1828-1890)</span></div></td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="69"> </td><br /> <td colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" class="style20 style35">PETER TAIT: A REMARKABLE STORY</td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="389"> </td><br /> <td width="2"> </td><br /> <td colspan="4" valign="top" bgcolor="#012D50" class="imageborder"><div align="right"><img src="images/back.jpg" style="border:none " class="imageborder" width="249" height="389" hspace="1" vspace="0" usemap="#Map" alt="Back Cover"></div></td><br /> <td colspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#012D50"><img src="images/spine.jpg" width="48" height="389" hspace="1" vspace="0" alt="Spine"></td><br /> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#012D50"><div align="left"><img src="images/cover.jpg" width="249" height="389" hspace="1" vspace="0" align="top" alt="Front Cover"></div></td><br /> <td width="2"> </td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="25"> </td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td width="2"> </td><br /> <td colspan="3" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style38">Back</div></td><br /> <td colspan="2" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style38">Spine</div></td><br /> <td colspan="3" valign="middle"><div align="center" class="style38">Front</div></td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="307" colspan="13" valign="top"><div align="justify"><br /> <p class="style23 style35"><br><br /> This fascinating book, based on extensive original research, traces the life of Peter Tait from his birth in Shetland in 1828 to his death in the Russian Empire in 1890.<br><br /> <br><br /> It describes his years in Limerick, as a manufacturer of army uniforms, using steam powered sewing machines, as a Deputy Lieutenant and, for three consecutive years, Mayor of the City; sheds significant new light on his supply of uniforms to the Confederate States during the American Civil War, on his involvement in blockade running, and on his ultimately disastrous relationship with Alexander Collie, who is exposed as the perpetrator of extensive frauds both during and after the War; and brings to life Tait’s campaigns for election as an MP for Limerick in 1868 and for Orkney and Shetland in 1873.<br><br /> <br><br /> The book includes a wealth of detail; Tait’s grand visions for the future of Ireland; his establishment of a line of steamships to carry passengers and mails between England, Belgium and South America; his bankruptcy in 1869; and the scandals caused by the sexual exploits of his brother and his shipping manager.<br><br /> <br><br /> It charts Tait’s years of self-imposed exile in the Ottoman Empire; his manufacture of cigarettes in the City of London, and his search for oil in the Caucasus.</p><br /> <p class="style23 style35">John Waite has painted a vivid portrait of a remarkable man, whose memorial still stands in Limerick today. </p><br /> </div></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="20" colspan="13" valign="top" style="width: 99px"> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="212" colspan="4" valign="top" style="width: 99px"><img src="images/jewaite1.jpg" width="159" height="212" alt=" The author J.E.Waite at work in the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre"></td><br /> <td colspan="9" valign="top"><p align="justify" class="style23 style35"> The author, whose grandfather, Edward W Waite, married Sir Peter Tait’s daughter Barbara in 1891, has travelled extensively not only in the UK but also abroad in the course of his research for this book. This picture shows him at work in the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre on one of several visits to Istanbul. </p></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="20"></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td width="175"></td><br /> <td width="68"></td><br /> <td width="1"></td><br /> <td width="2"></td><br /> <td width="44"></td><br /> <td width="1"></td><br /> <td width="171"></td><br /> <td width="76"></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr> <br /> <br /> <tr><br /> <td height="17" colspan="12" ><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> ' ... a biography of one of Limerick's most important political figures <br> of the nineteenth century.' <i>Limerick Chronicle </i><br></p><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> ' ... gives us an in-depth insight into the workings of the world of commerce ... .' <i>Limerick Leader </i><br></p><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> ' This extraordinary and captivating slice of Victorian life ... .' <i>Books Ireland </i><br></p><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> 'Remarkable indeed!' <i>History Ireland </i><br></p><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> 'John E Waite's view of his ancestor is not obscured by sentiment, nor does <br> he fall into the trap of making unsubstantiated presumptions about the <br> reasons for and outcomes of his various difficulties.' <i>BookView Ireland </i><br></p><br /> <p align="center" class="style23 style35"><br /> 'John E Waite is a very careful biographer. He has <br> followed his ancestor to Lerwick, Limerick and to Istanbul. ... He is <br> particularly good at unravelling complex commercial matters.' <i>Shetland Times</i><br></p><br /> </td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="57" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="width: 275px"><div align="left"><br /> <span class="style43">Prices</span><hr><br /> </div></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td colspan="4" valign="bottom" ><span class="style43">ISBNs</span><br /> <hr></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="20" colspan="5" valign="middle"><p align="center" class="style38"> Hardback £20</p></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td></td><br /> <td colspan="4" valign="middle" ><div align="center"><span class="style38">Hardback 0-9550379-0-5</span></div></td><br /> <td></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td height="20" colspan="5" valign="middle"><div align="center"><span class="style38">Paperback £12 </span></div></td><br /> <td></td><br /> 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