Resultado da Busca
1 de mai. de 2024 · The new Prime Minister, Henry Addington, and his Secretary of State and War, Lord Hawkesbury, had been informed of the upcoming transaction earlier and had approved, thinking that New Orleans was better in the hands of the Americans than in Napoleon’s.
- Larry Neal
- lneal@illinois.edu
Há 5 dias · On 14 March 1801, Pitt was formally replaced by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Henry Addington. Addington opposed emancipation, instituted annual accounts, abolished income tax and began a programme of disarmament. In October 1801, he made peace with the French, and in 1802 signed the Treaty of Amiens.
Há 1 dia · Henry St. John and the struggle for the leadership of the Tory party, 1702–14. H.T. Dickinson. Newcastle Ph.D. 1968. The political career of Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, 1647–1730. H.G. Horwitz. Oxford D.Phil. 1963. The administration of Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, as secretary of state under Queen Anne, 1702–4. W.A. Aiken.
Há 4 dias · Henry Addington was constable in 1662 and churchwarden in 1664; his son William, the first member of the family to be called a gentleman, had a private family pew in the church and described himself as 'one of the principal inhabitants of Fringford'.
5 de mai. de 2024 · The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Há 2 dias · The board of inquiry set up by St Vincent was responsible for the impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, the trusted lieutenant of British Prime Minister William Pitt and the most powerful politician in Scotland in the late 18th century, and his trial for misappropriation of public funds; Melville resigned.
Há 3 dias · Woodbridge, Boydell and Brewer, 2003, ISBN: 1843830418; 232pp.; Price: £50.00. Dr Kevin Linch, review of The Amiens Truce. Britain and Bonaparte, 1801–1803, (review no. 442) This book charts the ‘experimental’ peace between Britain and France in 1801–1803, often regarded as little more than an interlude in the twenty-year struggle ...
