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... and Lord John liusaell and Reform. In little while the leadership of the Whigs was placed in Lord John Russell's hands, and a hard time it had. The reaction came, and the Whigs were nap pular ; Lord Stanley had forsaken them, Sir James Graham had done ...
... resignation of the Secretaryship at War Mr. Canning, L Palmerston took the vacant place, and tilled it until 1828. hen the Whigs came into power, Lard Palmerston became Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, and represented South Hants, and ultimately ...
... by a change of ministers; and Derby gave way to Lord Palmerston, with broad-bottomed following, for it included, with old Whigs, the best remains of Peel and a few decided Radicals—indeed, one Quaker, professor of peace principles, not in the Cabiuet ...
... and in laid, hi* ossav Milton, in the Kdtnburgh drew up m him the attention of the entire reading public, ihc leaders «*f the Whig parly, in acknowledgment his literarv superiority, appointed Mr. Macaulay Commissioner llankruptcy, and 1830 he entered I’arl’dment ...
... money. He was then about forty-four years of age, with strong taste for applause, patronage, and public life. His wealth* and Whig connections made him a peer, and he earned his honours, for he patronised everything, subscribed to everything, and became ...
... and with one of those fresh, ruddy, whiskerleas faces which make even old man look young. It was clear that he was a good Whig, and of old family, otherwise Lord John would have been little less friendly. was also clear that he was in office, or he would ...
... until his brother, ~ made him for a short time Lord High Admiral. But some the same sort of influence that made that devoted Whig, experienced turfite, and aristocratic log, General Anson— who had never served with any regiment since, as subaltern, assisted ...
... success, and of that of a still greater nun Iwforc him, Sir Robert Walpole, who kept the Hanover family the throne and Hie Whigs in office for many years. HIS ORATORY. thing rcry rcmaikable in tie Uoubc of Commons is the decline of oratory. It common to ...
... fought a duel with the captain, obtained a divorce in the House of Lords, but never married again. The Astleys are very old Whig family Norfolk. The title ...