... man, was discharged by the Whigs, to make room for Mr. Thomds Boodle, who certainly no party man. By 1840 there was a strong re-action in the town, led by the Chronicle, against the Berkeley domination, which was Whig, and the Chronicle commenting ...

... that immediately after Christmas the subscriptions of tl\e tradesmen will be equally liberal with those of the gentlemen. Whig Press a discount. The Cheltenham Examiner and Gloucestershire Guardian, which was started under the immediate patronage of ...

... abovt notice was the original one on the sit ...

... cautioned the children not to feel proud of their gift. A letter signed An Elector, stated that the Hon. Craven Berkeley, the Whig M.P. for Cheltenham, was entrusted with three petitions from Cheltenham to the House of Commons, praying for the abolition ...

... [From the Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Advertiser, November 19, 1840.] The Berkeley Dinner.— On Thursday, the Whig-Radicals gave their Representative, Mr. Craven Berkeley, a public dinner at the Assembly Rooms. If that Hon. Gentleman were ...

... instructions from the Magistrates, and as the majority of them are Whigs, whatever complaints the inhabitants have to make as to the Police being too arbitrary, the blame must rest upon the Whigs. We think there is but one opinion as to the conduct, of the ...

... agreed it was fine, but the Post Office objected strenuously. It was got through Parliament during 1839, however, and the then Whig Government gave Hill a Treasury appointment to work out the scheme. ...

... been elected officiating minister of St. James's in the place of the late Rev. G. Bonner. The Hon. Craven Berkeley (then Whig member for Cheltenham), and Mrs. Berkeley have taken up their residence at Pittville House for the Winter. The Right Hon ...

... by an overwhelming majority [at the poll], of 219, that the combined clique, of every grade and colour, and party, from the Whig to the Chartist, from the Papist to the Socialist —even when united, formed but an insignificfint minority. Cheltenham Salts ...

... political life of the town into perspective. For instance, the Chronicle of this week in 1840 records a smart attempt of the Whig-Radical (i.e., the Berkeley interest) to get the Rev. Francis (later Dean) Close, incumbent of Cheltenham, off the voters' ...

... produce such a numerical force that it will frighten our opponents from the field.. [Mr. Craven Fitzhardinge was at the time Whig member for Cheltenham.] Zoological Gardens.—lt will be seen on reference to our advertizing columns, that those interesting ...

... The jury returned a verdict of ' Wilful Murder' against Cook and committed him to trial at assizes. Under the heading The Whig Opium War, the leading article of the Chronicle said: Our opinion of the projected war with China has been already expressed ...