Simon de Montfort’s 1265 Parliament
...the kingdom alongside the nobility and the clergy. Significance of the parliament We cannot quite say that this was a ‘first’ – knights had certainly been represented at some parliaments...
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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Whig 1762-1763)
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...George was a close one – he was a father-like figure for the young prince. Following George II’s death in October 1760, the new King promoted Bute quickly. He became...
What’s the Context? 4 February 1945: the Yalta Conference opens
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...secure them. But he was playing a weak hand compared to that of Stalin and, even more, of Roosevelt. What Yalta was−and was not The Yalta Conference was significant, but...
George Grenville (Whig 1763-1765)
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...the Admiralty Board in late 1744. He spoke on naval matters in the Commons but hoped for further promotion. He joined the Treasury Board in 1747, further developing his financial...
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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...was reluctant to form a permanent opposition party but his group’s ideological position was given a significant boost by the publication in 1770 of Edmund Burke’s Thoughts on the Present...
William Pitt 'The Elder' (Whig, 1766-1768)
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...then Aldborough in 1754. Although widely acknowledged as a formidable Commons performer, Pitt lacked a large personal following and George II still treated him with suspicion. He was not promoted...
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...
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
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...in 1769. Fitzroy’s tenure as an MP was short too. His grandfather’s death in May 1757 led to his elevation to the Lords and his promotion to Lord Lieutenant of...
What’s the context? 2 May 1945: Raising a Flag over the Reichstag
...End of the War in Europe 1945 (HMSO, 1996) David Stafford, Endgame 1945: Victory, Retribution, Liberation (Little, Brown, 2007) Keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts....
“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. ...