... that the delay in filling up the Chancellorship resulted from efforts to conclude a satisfactory arrangement with the late Whig holder of the office. On the 1st of January, however, Sir Charles Pepys, then Master of the Rolls, was elevated to the peerage ...

... retire- ment from the Chancellorship, last year, he was created an earl. Lord Cottenham's politics have always been those of the Whig school. Hle sat in the House of Com- mons for the borough of Mlalton from 1832 to 1888S, having previously sat for Highain ...

... Mitiister'at Ilorence lias not long, enjoyed OF the Post, ?? aP ?? to w h ic IIt wa ?? ?? as thle recomopentse bce.iowed hy thle Whig Go~vernt- ni nien1t fur the steady party st 1vice to xvhioli It., itt sheil devoted thle last few years of his P'arliaticit- ...

... the family borough of Preston imme- diately on coming of age, and forthwith devoted himself staunchly to the fortunes of the Whigs. Ho nade no parliarnentary or political figure. Indeed, unlike his son, lie was not far removed from being a silent member ...

... outrageous caltmijie. On one occa-I Sion these rumours assumed such a shape, in the colurfins of a paper called the Independent W'hig, that the then Attorney-General, Sir Vicary Gibbs, thought it fit that they should be noticed, and he accordingly filed -an ...