...found ‘refugee-ing about the roads … deserves to be shot’. Most other newspapers reprinted the seven rules in full. The Public’s Response The public’s reaction was more complicated. Anecdotal reports...
...Even pre-Civil War, Henrietta Maria, being a French Catholic, was not a popular figure in England. However, her unpopularity reached new heights in 1642, as she was now seen as...
Dr Richard Smith reveals an exciting new Twitter project by the FCO Historians In 1914 Sir Francis Bertie held the plum posting in the British Diplomatic Service—the ambassadorship to Paris....
...museums and battle sites, I was able to share my experience with the new friends that I made, explore deeply about the history of the war, and truly empathise with...
...William Windham, as Secretary of State saw him separate the War and Colonial Offices. A new Under Secretary was appointed to oversee the Colonies, with a separate military Under Secretary...
...and his elder brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, maintained this allegiance. Henry Pelham Pelham volunteered for the army during the pro-Stuart Jacobite rising of 1715, commanding dragoons at the...
...reached between Newcastle, Pitt and George II. By April 1757, George had grown tired of waiting for Newcastle to come back into the fold. He sacked Pitt, provoking a protracted...
...into power & opulence in spite of the most adverse circumstances. So opposed to Canning was she that in the protracted discussions about who would be the new Prime Minister,...
...train to Yalta from Moscow. He controlled the physical aspect of the Conference, which included bugging his foreign guests’ quarters. This meant he knew some of what they were thinking:...
...was limited. His interests, instead, were in improving his estates and horse racing. Rockingham remained attached to Newcastle and thought of resigning his post in the royal household, following Newcastle’s...