... America, and three years later Pitt made him Marquess of Lansdowne. For about 140 years Lansdowne House has been the home ot the Whig statesmen of the Fitzmaurice family. The present Lord Lans downe, for many years the Leader of the House of Lords, probably ...

... left, were safe. The landowning classes, through the Houses of Parliament, secured and main tained control of the realm. The Whig oligarchy, under Walpole, was succeeded by the Tory oligarchy under Pitt. Both upheld the existing system against all comers ...

... left, were safe. The landowning classes, through the Houses of Parliament, secured and main tained control of the realm. The Whig oligarchy, under Walpole, was succeeded by the Tory oligarchy under Pitt. Both upheld the existing system against all comers ...