... 1806 resigned in March of the same year elected Chancellor of Oxford 1809 supported the Liverpool Ministry 1315 broke from Whigs 1817 published Plan of Finance” 1806 1727 MADOX legal antiquary and historiographer died He published Formular Angiicum” or ...

... Eastwood replied BIOGRAPHICAL THE WEEK 25th 1830 GEORGE TIERNEY English statesman and political writer died May 20 1761 Was Whig MP for 1796 and formidable of Pitt: for words in the during debate 1798 he duel with William Pitt: treasurer Addington’s Ministry ...

... lives Britain’s leading statesmen Lord Melbourne the first in point time the Prime Ministers Victoria held the of the old Whigs the follower- Fox He indolent and careless deposition and habit he exerted himself to speak on great questions he always mark ...

... JAMES FOX British orator and statesman died Born 1749 Elected MP for Medhurst 1768 a commissioner of the Treasury 1773 joined Whigs 1774 opposed Lord North’s measure against the American Colonies 1774-6 Foreign Secretary in Lord Rockingham’s Ministry 1782 ...

... improvement of agriculture on which he spent large sums of money he expended £40000 in rebuilding Covent Garden Market He was a Whig but the esteem of all parties and was honourably mentioned as good old English gentleman’ October 21st 1805 HORATIO VISCOUNT ...

... Christchurch November 24th 1848 WILLIAM LAMB VISCOUNT MELBOURNE British statesman died Born 1779 Entered Parliament 1805 joined Whig became Secretary Ireland in 1027 and the following year was called to the Lords by the death his father became Home Secretary ...