Nineteenth-Century British Premiers

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Introduction
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   Chapter 2 William Pitt, the Younger — Reformer Turned Reactionary?
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   Chapter 3 Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth — Better than His Reputation?
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   Chapter 4 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville — Not Quite ‘All the Talents’
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   Chapter 5 William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland — Whig into Tory
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   Chapter 6 Spencer Perceval — Struck Down in His Prime
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   Chapter 7 Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool — Keeping the Show on the Road
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   Chapter 8 George Canning — in the Footsteps of Pitt
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    Chapter 9 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon — Inadequate Stopgap
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    Chapter 10 Arthur Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington — Military Hero, Political Misfit?
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    Chapter 11 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey — In the Footsteps of Fox
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    Chapter 12 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne — Mentor to a Young Monarch
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    Chapter 13 Sir Robert Peel — Arch Pragmatist or Tory Traitor?
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    Chapter 14 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell — from Whig to Liberal
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    Chapter 15 Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby — ‘The Brilliant Chief, Irregularly Great’
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    Chapter 16 George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — Failure or Scapegoat?
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    Chapter 17 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston — Master Diplomat or Playground Bully?
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    Chapter 18 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield — Climbing ‘the Greasy Pole’
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    Chapter 19 William Ewart Gladstone — From ‘Stern Unbending Tory’ to ‘the People’s William’
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    Chapter 20 Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury — Skilful Opponent of Reform
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    Chapter 21 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery — Seeking ‘the Palm without the Dust’