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Eighteenth-century British premiers : Walpole to the younger Pitt / Dick Leonard.
| Author/creator | Leonard, R. L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description | vii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford : "All these men have their price" -- Spencer Compton, first Earl of Wilmington, "George II's favourite nonentity" -- Henry Pelham : pragmatic heir to Walpole -- Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle : mighty panjandrum, feeble premier -- William Cavendish, fourth Duke of Devonshire : "I have no motive but the king's service" -- John Stuart, third Earl of Bute : the king's "dearest friend" -- George Grenville : able premier, undetermined by his own prolixity -- Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquess of Rockingham : the conscience of the Whigs -- William Pitt, the Elder, first Earl of Chatham : "I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can" -- Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton : well-intentioned dilettante -- Frederick North, styled Lord North : outstanding parliamentarian, pity about the colonies ... -- William Petty, second Earl of Shelburne : too clever by half? -- William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, third Duke of Portland : twice a figurehead premier -- William Pitt, the Younger : peacetime prodigy, less successful in war. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Leonard, R. L. (Richard Lawrence) Eighteenth-century British premiers. Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 |
| LCCN | 2011453406 |
| ISBN | 9781403939081 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 140393908X (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780230284784 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0230284787 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DA483.A1 L46 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |