ABSTRACT
One of the most striking architectural features of the Dublin in which Stanford grew up was the network of residential streets which lay south of the Liffey and centred on St Stephen's Green. The Act of Union sounded the muted death knell of the Anglo-Irish. During the nineteenth century Dublin declined gradually as England became the overwhelmingly dominant partner in the relationship. In the midst of the crises the Anglo-Irish found themselves in an uncomfortable midway position, neither fully endorsing the actions of the British government nor supporting the demands of the Catholic majority. Henry Tilney Bassett seems to have run a small but exclusive school at the time of Charles's childhood which proved to be popular with many local Anglo-Irish professionals. Of decreasing use to the British government, effectively undermined by Catholic Emancipation and other subsequent measures, and regarded with increasing suspicion by the Catholic Irish, the Anglo-Irish found themselves steadily marginalised during the nineteenth century.
