... member he did such good service to the Whigs, especially foreign questions, that in 1330 received the appointment of Secretary of State for • foreign affairs, and kept it till 1834. resigned with the rest of the Whig ministry in that year, bat resumed office ...

... politician to study the graces of literary expression, his hand was sharply felt the' Tory mischief' then going oa. The 'New Whig Guide,' a pleai ant battery directed against the liberal opposition, was mainly believe, written Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert ...

... temper which he had always displayed when most severely taunted, had endeared him to all, whatever their politics—Conservative, Whig or Radical, and whichever side of the House they sat all looked upon him as a great statesman (loud applause). And in conclusion ...