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History of Parliament Trust, 18th Century history, Diplomacy and International Relations, Factions, George III, Georgian, Georgian Lords, Parties, William Pitt the Younger

‘The sect of Alarmists’: The Third Party and the reluctant leadership of William Windham, 1793-4

In this latest post, the Georgian Lords welcomes a guest article by James Orchin, PhD student at Queen’s University, Belfast, re-examining William Windham’s ‘Third Party’, known as ‘The Alarmists’. The group was mostly made up of former Foxite Whigs, who had split from Fox over the French Revolution, and found itself positioned somewhat unhappily between Pitt the Younger’s administration and the Foxite opposition in the … Continue reading ‘The sect of Alarmists’: The Third Party and the reluctant leadership of William Windham, 1793-4

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19th Century history, Constituencies, Victorian, Victorian Commons

Conscience versus constituency: the dilemma facing Henry Charles Sturt MP

On the anniversary of his death on 14 April 1866, Dr Philip Salmon of the Victorian Commons reflects on the parliamentary career of Henry Charles Sturt, an MP with first-hand experience of the emerging pressures that pitted the needs of a constituency against toeing the party line … The Victorian Commons, as some of our recent articles have shown, was an important testing ground for … Continue reading Conscience versus constituency: the dilemma facing Henry Charles Sturt MP

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