Pitt–Devonshire ministry The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of William Pitt the Elder (in the House of Commons) and William...
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of William Pitt led to the collapse of the Pitt–Devonshire ministry amid the Seven Years' War. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, continued as...
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Pitt ministry can refer to several ministries of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom: Pitt–Devonshire ministry, the British government dominated...
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Wyndham-O'Brien Henry Furnese 16 November 1756 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (First Lord) Hon. Henry Bilson Legge (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert...
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Lord until May 1757 in an administration effectively run by William Pitt. Devonshire's administration secured increased money for the war, troops were sent...
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Whig government (redirect from Whig ministry)
under the Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757) 1757 caretaker ministry, the government under the Duke of Devonshire Pitt–Newcastle ministry, the government dominated...
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List of British governments (redirect from List of British ministries)
This article lists successive British governments, also referred to as ministries, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing...
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Commons under the premiership of the Duke of Devonshire. Upon entering this coalition, Pitt said to Devonshire: "My Lord, I am sure I can save this country...
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He later held office as Speaker of the House of Lords in the Pitt–Devonshire ministry (November 1756 – July 1757), and as First Lord of Trade under Lords...
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William Pitt the Elder's pay office. On 13 November 1755, he followed Pitt in voting against the Address. When the Pitt–Devonshire ministry was being...
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Pitt–Newcastle ministry Between 1757 and 1762, at the height of the Seven Years' War, the Pitt–Newcastle ministry governed the Kingdom of Great Britain...
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succeeded by the Pitt–Devonshire ministry formed by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and William Pitt. 4 December – Pitt becomes Secretary...
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engulfing Europe. Among the most influential members of the first Newcastle ministry was Henry Fox, who served as Leader of the House of Commons from November...
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broadside. After the Pitt–Devonshire ministry fell in April 1757, Forbes left the Admiralty but returned when the Pitt–Newcastle ministry was formed in June...
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Charles James Fox (section "Pitt's Terror")
politician William Pitt the Younger; his father Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, a leading Whig of his day, had similarly been the great rival of Pitt's famous father...
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in 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire (who had died in 1764). Pitt the Elder was married from 1754 to George Grenville's sister...
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ministry, before he retired from government. He was most effective as a deputy to a leader of greater ability, such as Walpole, his brother, or Pitt....
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Bedford's followers accepted jobs in the new administration. When the Devonshire-Pitt ministry was formed in November 1756, Bedford gave it his blessing by accepting...
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government led by William Pitt and the Duke of Devonshire. He retained this office after Newcastle, in alliance with Pitt, returned to power in June...
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The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson...
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administration of Pitt and the 4th Duke of Devonshire, retaining office until April 1757 when he shared both the dismissal and the ensuing popularity of Pitt. When...
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without Portfolio. In March 1807, after the collapse of the Ministry of all the Talents, Pitt's supporters returned to power, and Portland was once again...
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of the Admiralty in the ministry of Devonshire and Pitt. He was intensely disliked by George II, who dismissed both him and Pitt from office in April 1757...
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Treasury on 2 June 1759 during the Pitt–Newcastle ministry (an alliance between the Duke of Newcastle and William Pitt the Elder). He soon developed a reputation...
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Grey was a strong opponent of the foreign and domestic policies of William Pitt the Younger in the 1790s. In 1807, he resigned as foreign secretary to protest...
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until it was forced to resign in Autumn 1756. Pitt then formed a government led by the Duke of Devonshire. Grenville was returned to his position as Treasurer...
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leaders of the ministry were Lord Godolphin and the Duke of Marlborough. On 8 August 1710 Godolphin was dismissed and the Harley ministry took power. Upon...
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the "wittiest man in England" and, according to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the Prince of Wales said that he would go anywhere to hear Wilberforce...
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weakening Newcastle, whose ministry collapsed completely that November. He was replaced by a government dominated by Pitt. However, Pitt had little control over...
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writer. The younger daughter of Lady Georgiana Spencer and the 5th Duke of Devonshire, she was a member of the wealthy Cavendish and Spencer families and spent...
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