Garry Tregidga Explained

Garry Harcourt Tregidga
Thesis Title:	The Liberal Party in Cornwall, 1918–39
Thesis Year:	1991
Discipline:	Historian

Garry Harcourt Tregidga is a Cornish academic, director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall, UK,^[1] and editor of the journal Cornish Studies.

He lives in Bugle, near St Austell, and was named as a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh for services to Cornish history, taking the name "Map Rosvean" - "Son of Rosevean".

Tregidga took both his MPhil and PhD^[2] degrees with the University of Exeter. In October 1997, he was appointed Assistant Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies. He has published articles on many themes related to Cornwall and is the author of The Liberal Party in South West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth (2000), and is a co-author of Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism (2003).

In 1998 he founded the Cornish History Network,^[3] followed in 2000 by the Cornish Audio-Visual Archive (CAVA) which aims to document the oral history and visual culture of Cornwall.^[4]

He stood as a Mebyon Kernow candidate for the Bugle division on Cornwall Council in the 2017 local elections, coming second.^[5] He also stood in the 2021 Cornwall Council elections for the Roche and Bugle division under Mebyon Kernow.^[6] placing second, behind The Conservative Party candidate Peter Guest with a margin of 28% to 23%.

Publications

• Book: Tregidga . Garry . Crago . Treve . Map Kenwyn: The Life and Times of Cecil Beer . 2000 . Gorseth Kernow . . 1-903668-00-X.
• Book: Tregidga . Garry . The Liberal Party in South-West Britain since 1918: Political Decline, Dormancy and Rebirth . 2000 . . . 0-85989-679-X.
• Book: Deacon . Bernard . Bernard Deacon (linguist). Cole. Dick . Dick Cole (politician). Tregidga . Garry . Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism . 2003 . Welsh Academic Press. . 1-86057-075-5.
• Book: Tregidga . Garry . Killerton, Camborne and Westminster: The Political Correspondence of Sir Francis and Lady Acland, 1910–29 . 2006 . . 48 . . 0-901853-48-8.
• Book: Tregidga . Garry . Narratives of the Family: Kinship and Identity in Cornwall. 2009 . Cornwall Centre . .
• Book: Milden . K. . Tregidga . Garry . 21st Century Celts: Memory and Place in the Celtic World. 2011 . .
• Book: Gibson . Marion . Trower . Shelley . Tregidga . Garry . Mysticism, Myth and 'Celtic' Identity . 2012 . . .
• Book: Tregidga . Garry . Memory, Place and Identity: The Cultural Landscapes of Cornwall. 2012 . Francis Boutle Publishers . .
• Book: Ault . John . John Ault. Tregidga . Garry . Culture, Character or Campaigns?: Assessing the Electoral Performance of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats in Cornwall, 1945–2010. 2014 . . .

Notes and References

1. http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/history/staff/tregidga/ Staff Profile on the University of Exeter website
2. Doctoral Thesis (1991): The Liberal Party in Cornwall, 1918–39. University of Exeter.
3. Web site: The Cornish History Network Home Page. Projects.ex.ac.uk. 30 July 2018.
4. Web site: Music Kernow – Contesting. Cornish Story. 30 July 2018.
5. Web site: Election results for Bugle Cornwall Council elections - Thursday, 4th May, 2017 . . 4 May 2017 . 30 April 2021.
6. Web site: STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Councillor Roche and Bugle ED . . 30 April 2021 . 9 April 2021.