... 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 ...

... England and an apostle oi French Jacobinism, he manfully took his position by thec side of Mr. Fox and a mere lhandful of Whigs ; and the principles lie then espoused were consistently retained to the end .of his life. He hand long been thle only survivor ...

... at the close of every Parliamentary session, in the most severe and caustic manner, the progress made in legi elation by the Whig Government, ha soon forgotten. in 1 1816 ha finally retired from office. Since that ttroo he had acted the part of an exalted ...

... 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 ...