Simon de Montfort’s 1265 Parliament
...to him, royal officials still controlled many key castles and Henry’s loyal and dynamic queen, Eleanor of Provence, was a few miles across the sea in France. Summoning the people...
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Whig 1762-1763)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...Montagu. The match brought Bute eleven children and, eventually, a sizeable inheritance from his wife’s family. His first real political experience came with election as one of the sixteen Scottish...
What’s the Context? 4 February 1945: the Yalta Conference opens
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...element of truth and provide a useful propaganda weapon. But they distort the reality of the situation. The Cold War cannot be laid at Yalta’s door, except in the sense...
George Grenville (Whig 1763-1765)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...and administrative skills. Grenville married Elizabeth Wyndham in May 1749. Elizabeth’s father was Sir William Wyndham, a leading Tory politician of the Walpole era. Her grandfather, the Duke of Somerset,...
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...him electoral influence: he controlled a couple of rotten boroughs directly and gradually built up his influence in Yorkshire and elsewhere. During the 1750s, his direct involvement in national politics...
William Pitt 'The Elder' (Whig, 1766-1768)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...Temple, Viscount Cobham in 1731 and Pitt gained a commission in Temple’s regiment. William Pitt the Elder Youthful opposition William Pitt was elected to the family pocket borough of Old...
What’s the context? 2 May 1945: Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
...to the final assault on Berlin was limited to bombing the city and German fuel supplies until the Red Army entered the capital on 20-21 April. The US view of...
William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire (Whig, 1756-1757)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
William Cavendish, fourth Duke of Devonshire, served as a stop-gap First Lord of the Treasury during a period of intense political crisis. He was born in 1720, the eldest son...
“A perfect nuisance”: The history of women in the Civil Service
...act represented a significant change from the opinion of married women as a “perfect nuisance” to the Treasury. Keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts. ...
Magna Carta and counselling the King
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Dr Jessica Nelson, Posted on:
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Parliament, The Monarchy, The National Archives
...very beginning of his reign, John was accused by contemporary chroniclers of listening to ‘evil counsel’ and ‘familiar counsel’ – the latter suggesting that he listened to his own friends...