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#OnThisDay 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte marched into #Paris setting in motion the 'Hundred Days' that would conclude with his defeat at Waterloo & final abdication.
The allied powers were forced once again to search for a #cure
#twitterstorians #Wellington

"I stay at home most mornings, & in the mind's eye traverse the kingdoms of Arcot & Tanjore, with a few little excursions to Bengal, Berar, & Orissa"
John Wilkes 1777 #SelfIsolation

Between 1714 and 1721 there were 5 chancellors of the exchequer. In spring 1721 the role, combined with the office of 1st lord of the treasury, returned to Robert Walpole (who had held them before 1715-17).
He kept them for the next 21 years
#HistParl #Budget2020 #PrimeMinister

@DrBeauBeaumont @HansardSociety Compare & contrast

#OnThisDay 1764 #Parliament debated the issue of general warrants in response to the Wilkes affair. Several MPs, normally #government supporters, deserted over the issue
https://t.co/5TmZRKaYIk
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Hard on the heels of William & Mary's proclamation as King & Queen #OTD 1689 there began a major #reshuffle of the great offices of state, clearing out the majority of James's old ministers & functionaries
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Shrewsbury had played a key part in the 'Glorious Revolution' & as a minister under Anne. He was stripped of his offices by George I & was reliant on his wife's influence to keep him from being impeached along with the earl of Oxford...
https://t.co/hfsg2io0OR
#impeachment

He had "no consideration on earth but for what was useful to his own ends. You have heard me say that I thought he had no malice or rancour; I think so still... But I think he has no feeling, neither, for anyone but himself."
Charles James Fox born #OnThisDay 1749
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Prior to the Convention meeting #OnThisDay 1689 some feared the bishops might be pushed out of the Lords:
"the 1st vote will be the exclusion of the bishops out of #Parliament. The bps in general are not pleased & the Or[ange] mob are equally dissatisfied with them."
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@HistParl @bodleianlibs @ChCh_Oxford The experience was not a wholly positive one and some students returned to find their rooms had been trashed by the MPs & Lords
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