Henrietta Maria - the forgotten Queen?
...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...
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Wartime in Paris: an Ambassador tweets
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....
Administrators of the British Empire
...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...
Invasion Publicity during the Second World War
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Dr Henry Irving, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, Home affairs, Second World War
...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...
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...within the ministry and George III’s promotion of John Stuart, Earl of Bute , led first to Pitt’s and then Newcastle’s resignation. Newcastle returned briefly to office as Lord Privy...
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
...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...
Harriet Arbuthnot and ‘the vortex of politics’
...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,...
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
...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:...
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
...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...
The women of the Second World War
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Samantha Reid and Robert Hansberry, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, Second World War
...this time with their photographs and paintings. Here Cecil Beaton captures a welder working on the deck of a new ship in Tyneside, 1943. ©Crown Copyright IWM A member of...