A Less Eligible Country for a Pole: Britain and the Polish Refugees in the Early Victorian Period (1837â1847)

Milosz K. Cybowski

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Chapter 12 A Less Eligible Country for a Pole: Britain and the Polish Refugees in the Early Victorian Period (1837â1847)

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After the unsuccessful anti-Russian November Uprising of 1830â31, thousands of Polish exiles left the Kingdom of Poland and sought refuge in the countries of Western Europe. Although it was France that became the main centre of this Great Emigration, hundreds of Polish refugees came to Britain as well. In consequence, by 1835 the British Isles became the second largest asylum for the Polish Ã©migrÃ©s in Europe.

By looking at the changes in British interest in the cause of Poland as well as in the fate of Polish refugees who arrived there in the late 1830s and throughout the 1840s, this work aims at showing why in the period between the coronation of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the Springtime of Nations, Britain lost some of its appeal to the Poles. As will be illustrated, the change was multifaceted and included both the Government, which restricted the number of Poles eligible for receiving the Government Grant, and the public opinion, which, in the face of domestic, economic and social problems, lost its sympathy for the unfortunate Polish refugees.

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International Migrations in the Victorian Era

Series:Â Studies in Global Social History, Volume: 33/11Â andÂ Studies in Global Migration History, Volume: 33/11

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 12 May 2018

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