... Lansdowne the Secretaryship of the Home Office, an offer which the marquis accepted, with the approbation of the best men of the Whig party. Under Canning's successor, Lord Lansdowno became Foreign Minister. These, however, were Ministries of short duration ...

... this second Iestablishment is niot 1supported by county magnates. INothing could he more deliciously characteristic of your Whig peer. The Devon County School at West Buckland .is pat ronisedl by the Earl himself, by the Dukce of Bedford, Iand by ether ...

... Lord Elgin to offical life. In Ja naica Lord Elgin had no easy task, but he acquitted himself so well that, when in 1848 the Whigs had to seek out the ablest man they could find to be Gol'oruor-Gensral of Canada, they pitched upon Lord. .Elgin, notwithstanding ...