Tag: Whig
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William Pitt the Younger’s Incredible Story of Service to the Nation
William Pitt the Younger is the last of Britain’s Eighteenth century Prime Ministers. At 24 he was the youngest PM ever, one of Parliament’s greatest orators, created the first Australian penal colonies, oversaw establishment of the United Kingdom and so, so much more. He’s hugely important. Click and read.
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Prime Minister Shelburne, Disliked, Not Trusted, Therefore Doomed
Shelburne was intelligent, able, wise and had great political knowledge, but he was detached from both the Whigs and Tories…that he had earned the incurable dislike and distrust of everyone important. His nickname was ‘Malagrida’ – after a notorious Portuguese Jesuit conspirator. So, not good then, but should have been.…
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Horse-Mad Prime Minister Rockingham on the Pan with Whistlejacket
The Marquess of Rockingham was a second time PM and his was the thirteenth prime ministerial administration of Eighteenth century Britain. Unlucky for some, and for him, he died in office. He was horse-mad and had the cash to indulge his interest. Click to read the story.