Tag: Treaty of Paris
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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.