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... success, and of that of a still greater man before him, Sir Robert Walpole, Who kept the Hanover family on the throne and the Whigs in office for many years. . ...
... his essay on Milton, in the Edinburgh Review, drew upon lith the attention of the entire reading public. - The eaders of the Whig party, in acknowledgment of his iterary superiority, appointed Mr. Macaulay a Com- Missioner of Bankruptcy, and in 1830 he ...
... fought a duel with the captain, obtained a divorce in the House of Lords, but never married again. The Astleys are a very old Whig family in Norfolk. The title dates back to 1289, and, in 1841, the late peer succeeded in proving his right to be summoned ...
... resignation of the Secretaryship at War by Mr. Canning, Lord Palmerston Look the vacant place, and filled it until 1823. nen the Whigs came into power, Lord Palmerston became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and represented South Hants, and ultimately ...
... a change of ministers; Lord Derby gave way to Lord Palmerston, with a broad-bottomed following, for it included, with old Whigs, the best ramains of Peel and a few decided Radicals—indeed, one Quaker, a professor of peace principles, not in the Cabinet ...
... brother, George IV., made him for a short time Lord High Admiral. But some of the same sort of influence that made that devoted Whig, experienced turfite, and aristocratic leg, General Anson— who bad never served with any regiment since, as a subaltern, he ...
... Lord John Russell and Reform. In a little while the leadership of the Whigs was placed in Lord John Russell's hands, and a hard time of it he had. The reaction came, and the Whigs were unpopular ; Lord Stanley had forsaken them, Sir James Graham had done ...
... maternal uncle, Mr. Wm. 'Joseph Denison, who bequeathed to him the bulk of his wealth. His lordship was a supporter of the Whig party. The deceased was a patron of the turf, and had a princely racing stud. He is succeeded in his title and extensive landed ...
... and with one of those fresh, ruddy, whiskerless faces which make even an old man look young. It was clear that he was a good Whig, and of an old family, otherwise Lord John would have been a little less friendly. It was also clear that he was in office ...
... money. He was then about forty-four years of age, with a 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 ...
... very respectable lawyer, who had been President of tile Poor - Lam Board, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under the Whig Governments. He was a contemporary of Macaulay at Cambridge, and took a respectable degree, but owed his position rather to ...
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