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David Brown

David Brown is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

He has published widely on nineteenth century British history and his books include Palmerston: A Biography (published by Yale in 2010) and Palmerston and the Politics of Foreign Policy, 1846-55 (Manchester University Press, 2002).

Lord Palmerston and the ‘civis Romanus sum’ principle

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...deeper story of British support for liberal constitutional progress and the promotion of self-government by free peoples against perceived absolutist despotism throughout the world, whether that be through backing constitutionalists...