Eighteenth-Century British Premiers: Walpole to the Younger PittThe author surveys such major figures as Robert Walpole, the Elder Pitt (Lord Chatham), Lord North and the Younger Pitt. In a series of 14 biographical essays, he recounts the principal events of their political careers, the circumstances which brought them to the top of 'the greasy pole,' assesses their performance as Prime Ministers, and asks what lasting influence they have had. |
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Introduction The Road to the Prime Ministership | 1 |
Robert Walpole First Earl of Orford All These | 7 |
Spencer Compton First Earl | 31 |
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