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... SEPTEMBER 15 ' 19 8 8 inherited a comfortable fortune, which he used partly to fight elections (he was a Whig MP continuously from 1818 to 1852) and partly to collect works of art. His collection became one of the most famous of his day. It crammed his ...
... fashionable since the 17305, when Lord Cobham commissioned William Kent to make the Temple of British Worthie , that paean to Whig politic and national pride, in the Elysian Field at Stowe. But now the prisoners' charity Amnesty International ha made a political ...
... a thematic analysis ofTrevelyan's place in the history and historiography of his times. He was, perhaps, the last authentic Whig. He has had his ups and downs in reputation; admired by Sir George Clarke, Sir John Plumb and Owen Chadwick; censured by Sir ...
... the mind of the nation. Lessons for the Whigs The results ? Ultimately moderation from either side, or either side having prudence enough not to go too far, or be too provoking. These lessons, at least, most ·whigs had learned from the annus 111irab·ilis ...
... give me information about these paintings in connection with an attempt to clear up this point in the history of the famous Whig Club.-R. J. GATES, VJV.;an Place, Campden Hill, Ilmington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. including Eventually hunting. restored ...
... election which the Whigs won at great expense, and this success placed Mounsey in a very prominent position. subsequently Nicholson was not only the Bishop of Carlisle's registrar, but also acted as agent for many of the great Whig landowners, such as ...
... them. The views of the 11th Duke, as of the 6th Duke, can be traced back to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when the Whig settlement established William 111 and enabled the Ist Duke to continue building Chatsworth rathe.r than end up in the Tower ...
... Bessborough has left her mark, which-given the dazzling period in which she lived-surely proves an outstanding personality. Whig society was probably more colourful than that of any other party or period at home or abroad. They all adored the lovable, ...
... glorious, Soon to reign over us, God save the King. A nother version began: God sa.ve great Ja.mes, our King. Later on the Whigs adctpted it to the reigning house and among other alterations changed the word soon to long, but left in the word send ...
... provide a seat in the south of England commensurate with Lord Lumley's new station. Althoush the new house has the air of a Whig palace, and may have been built by the favoured architect of William Ill's court, William Talman, it was constructed two years ...
... father of the Edmund who re-established connection with the Hungerford country by buying F yfield in 1688-coming in with the Whigs perhaps, as his ancestor had with Lancaster. According to a MS h i tory of the Hungedord in the British Mu3eum, compiled by ...
... cement an alliance with this important county family. But in county terms the Hobarts had lost a good deal of ground to their Whig neighbours and political allies, the Townshends, the Walpoles and the Cokes, who were now achieving unshakable dominance in ...