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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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#OnThisDay 1766 the marquess of Rockingham urged the king to offer Pitt the Elder a place in #government:
"the events of yesterday in the House of Commons have shown the amazing powers & influence which Mr. Pitt has whenever he takes part in debate"
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@Cambridge_Uni Horace Walpole was encouraged by the new parliamentary intake:
"The rising generation does give one some hopes... The young William Pitt has again displayed paternal oratory. The other day, on the commission of accounts, he answered Lord North & tore him limb from limb"
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#OnThisDay 1781 21-year-old William Pitt the Younger was elected for #Parliament as MP for Appleby. He had previously tried for @Cambridge_Uni while still underage but came bottom of the poll.
Three years later he was #PrimeMinister
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North had every reason to resent the success of the younger Pitt. In summer 1781 H Walpole had noted:
"The young William Pitt has again displayed paternal oratory. The other day... he answered Lord North & tore him limb from limb"
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#OTD 1783 Pitt the Younger became #PrimeMinister. North's first opposition speech was clearly bitter:
"we carried on our advances regularly & above ground... not by mining in the dark & blowing up the fort before the garrison knew there was an intention to attack it"
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@RossRossflowers John Miller's biography in the @yalepress British monarchs series is still good; as is the fine 2 vol set by John Callow published by @TheHistoryPress
There is also, of course, the entry in our @HistParl
House of Lords 1660-1715 volumes!
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"The Lords degenerate by Luxury Idleness &c and the Crown is always forced to govern by new Men" Jonathan Swift, #December 1719
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Too good to be true? 1716 #advertisement for the "Famous drops for Hypochondriack Melancholy which effectually cure on the spot... setting the Intellectuals at Liberty to Act with Courage, Serenity and steady Chearfulness..."
Only 3 shillings, 6 pence a bottle
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"the shining light or rather the blazing star of this country" - Richard Grosvenor (later Earl Grosvenor) on William Pitt the Elder #OnThisDay 1758 when seconding the Address in #Parliament in support of the Pitt-Newcastle #government "the glory of this country"
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