Tag: George III
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Duke of Portland is a Figurehead to the Fox-North Coalition
Portland may have been called Prime Minister, but think of him as PM in name only. Behind him were two big beasts…and, formerly bitter rivals: Radical Whig and Foreign Secretary Charles James Fox (1749-1806) and Tory and Home Secretary Lord Frederick North (1732-1792). Portland’s in there, click for more.
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Prime Minister Grenville Sowed the Seed of American Independence
Grenville is remembered as the man who introduced the Stamp Act to the American colonies setting in train events that led to independence. He was from a hugely political family in Buckinghamshire, William Pitt was his brother-in-law and he prosecuted the ‘folk hero’ John Wilkes. Fascinating Prime Minister. Read on.
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8 Facts About American Independence We Never Learned
At primary school in Scotland in 1976 our teacher introduced us to the American Bicentennial: 200 years since the American Declaration of Independence. It’s only now, aged 60, that I’m correcting my pre-teen comprehension of that momentous event. Read this post, you’ll learn stuff you never knew.