Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 424 pages)
ISBN:
9781003031925
,
9781000178074
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Plates -- Author's note -- About the author -- Introduction: The road to the prime ministership -- Works consulted -- PART I: The 18th century -- 1. Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford: "All these men have their price -- Works consulted -- Spencer Compton, first Earl of Wilmington: "George II's favourite nonentity"? -- Works consulted -- Henry Pelham: Pragmatic heir to Walpole -- Works consulted -- Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle: Mighty Panjandrum, feeble Premier -- Works consulted -- William Cavendish, fourth Duke of Devonshire: "I have no motive but the King's service" -- Works consulted -- John Stuart, third Earl of Bute: Royal favourite and "dearest friend" -- Works consulted -- George Grenville: Able Premier, undermined by his own prolixity -- Works consulted -- Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquess of Rockingham: The conscience of the Whigs -- Works consulted -- William Pitt, the Elder, first Earl of Chatham: "I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can" -- Works consulted -- Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton: Well-intentioned dilettante -- Works consulted -- Frederick North, styled Lord North: Outstanding parliamentarian, pity about the colonies … -- Works consulted -- William Petty, second Earl of Shelburne: Intellectual in politics -- Works consulted -- William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, third Duke of Portland: Twice a figurehead Premier -- Works consulted -- William Pitt, the Younger: Peacetime prodigy, less successful war leader -- Works consulted -- PART II: PART II The 19th century -- 15. Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth: Better than his reputation? -- Works consulted -- William GRENVILLE, Baron Grenville: Not quite all the talents -- Works consulted -- Spencer Perceval: Struck down in his prime.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367469139
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367469115
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Leonard, R. L., 1930 - 2021 British Prime Ministers ... ; Volume 1: British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 ISBN 9780367469139
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367469115
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Großbritannien
;
Regierungschef
;
Geschichte 1721-1895
;
Biografie
