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Palmerston's reputation as an interventionist and his unpopularity with the Queen and other Whig grandees was such that when Lord John Russell attempted in December 1845 to form a ministry, the combination failed because Lord Grey refused to join a government in which Palmerston should resume the direction of foreign affairs.
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Palmerston's and reputation
Palmerston's policy was triumphant, and the author of it had won a reputation as one of the most powerful statesmen of the age.
Palmerston's and with
He served until 1855, a few weeks into Lord Palmerston's first premiership, whereupon he resigned along with the rest of the Peelites after a motion was passed to appoint a committee of inquiry into the conduct of the war.
Palmerston's father took him to the House of Commons in 1799, where young Palmerston shook hands with the Prime Minister, William Pitt.
When Benjamin Disraeli and others took several nights in the House of Commons to impeach Palmerston's foreign policy, the foreign minister responded to a five-hour speech by Anstey with a five-hour speech of his own, the first of two great speeches in which he laid out a comprehensive defence of his foreign policy and of liberal interventionism more generally.
It is generally supposed that Russell and the Queen both hoped that the other would take the initiative and dismiss Palmerston ; the Queen was dissuaded by Prince Albert, who took the limits of constitutional power very seriously, and Russell by Palmerston's prestige with the people and his competence in an otherwise remarkably inept Cabinet.
Palmerston's sympathies in the American Civil War ( 1861-5 ) were with the secessionist Southern Confederacy.
The vote of censure was defeated by 313 votes to 295, with Palmerston's old enemies in the pacifist camp, Cobden and Bright, voting for him.
This was Palmerston's famous " tit for tat with Johnny Russell "-- revenge for his dismissal by Russell as Foreign Minister.
During the American Civil War, Granville was non-interventionist along with the majority of Palmerston's cabinet.
This, together with Palmerston's support of Louis Napoleon, caused the Russell government to fall.
On 4 November 1841, Palmerston's successor Lord Aberdeen wrote to Pottinger that he had doubts over Hong Kong's acquisition since it would incur administrative expenses, and complicate relations with China and other nations.
He did not serve in Lord Palmerston's first administration, but when Palmerston became Prime Minister for a second time in 1859, Somerset was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, with a seat in the cabinet.
When the Whigs entered office and the Canningite Lord Palmerston became British foreign secretary, Canning returned again to Constantinople in 1831, but returned in 1832, disapproving of Palmerston's lack of consultation with him and the choice of Prince Otto of Bavaria as King of Greece.
After the collapse of Lord Palmerston's first government, the Tory leader Lord Derby again formed a minority government, with Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Palmerston's and Queen
The Queen and the Prince Consort did not conceal their indignation at the fact that they were held responsible for Palmerston's actions by the other Courts of Europe.
However Prince Albert came to learn of Palmerston's favourable opinion of the coup and the Queen learnt that Palmerston had sent a dispatch without showing it to her first, in which he protested that he had merely expressed his personal opinion.
The Cabinet had to vote to prevent it ; Queen Victoria reputedly was so incensed by the possibility of her Foreign Secretary supporting an outspoken republican that she asked the Prime Minister, Lord John Russell for Palmerston's resignation, but Russell claimed that such a dismissal would be drastically unpopular at that time and over that issue.
Palmerston's and was
This was brought about by Palmerston's death in 1865 and Russell's retirement in 1868.
When Gladstone first joined Palmerston's government in 1859, he opposed further electoral reform, but he changed his position during Palmerston's last premiership, and by 1865 he was firmly in favour of enfranchising the working classes in towns.
Lord Minto wrote to Palmerston's parents that young Palmerston was well-mannered and charming.
Palmerston's speech was so successful that Perceval, who formed his government in 1809, asked him to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, then a less important office than it was to become from the mid nineteenth century.
Palmerston's overall policy was to safeguard British interests, maintain peace, keep the balance of power, and retain the status quo in Europe.
They had no legitimate children, although at least one of Lord Cowper's putative children, Lady Emily Cowper, later Countess of Shaftesbury, was widely believed to have been Palmerston's.
Even that was shortly afterwards to be alienated by Palmerston's attack on Greece.
After a memorable debate ( 17 June ), Palmerston's policy was condemned by a vote of the House of Lords.
Many people considered this a curious appointment because Palmerston's expertise was so obviously in foreign affairs.
Palmerston's demand for a demilitarised Black Sea was secured, although his wish for the Crimea to be returned to the Ottomans was not.
Palmerston's stance was very popular in the country and his party achieved the biggest parliamentary majority since 1835.
How to handle his Chancellor of the Exchequer was Palmerston's greatest problem during his last premiership.
Palmerston's stance derived from the traditional belief that France was the greater threat to Britain and believed she was much stronger than Austria and Prussia.
On 25 June the Cabinet were against going to war to save Denmark but Russell's suggestion to send the Royal Navy to defend Copenhagen was only carried by Palmerston's vote.
Palmerston's principal aim in foreign policy was to advance the national interests of England.
Palmerston's and such
The construction of these forts was eventually found to be unnecessary and as such they have been called " Palmerston's Follies ".
Palmerston's and when
He retained his office when, on Palmerston's death in 1865, Lord Russell ( now a peer ) became prime minister and took over the leadership in the House of Lords.
He retained this office when Lord Russell became prime minister on Palmerston's death in 1865, and then served under Russell as Secretary of State for India between February and June 1866.
He retained his post under Lord Palmerston's ministry until July 1855, when, in consequence of the departure of Lord Dalhousie and a vacancy in the governor-generalship of India, he was selected by Lord Palmerston to succeed to that great position.
Palmerston's and Lord
Lord Palmerston's government collapsed in 1858 amid public fallout over the Orsini affair and Derby took office at the head of a purely ' Conservative ' administration.
When in 1886 Lord Rosebery became Foreign Secretary in Gladstone's government, John Bright asked him if he had read about Palmerston's policies as Foreign Secretary.
In 1859, Lowe went to the Education Office as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education in Lord Palmerston's ministry ; there he pursued a vigorous policy, insisting on the necessity of payment by results, and bringing in the revised code ( 1862 ), which embodied this principle and made an examination in " the three R's " the test for grants of public money.
From 1855 Lord Granville led the Liberals in the Upper House, both in office, and, after Palmerston's resignation in 1858, in opposition.
He was by inheritance a Liberal in politics, and in 1852-1856 and 1859-1861 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Lord Aberdeen's and Lord Palmerston's ministries.
Wood later served as President of the Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen ( 1852 – 1855 ), as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's first administration ( 1855 – 1858 ), and as Secretary of State for India in Palmerston's second government ( 1859 – 1866 ).
Pottinger accepted Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston's offer of the post of envoy and plenipotentiary in China and superintendent of British trade, thus replacing Charles Elliot.
In the British House of Commons he attracted Lord Palmerston's attention by his abilities, and in 1855 was made Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, a post which he held for two years.
The subsequent creation of Lord Palmerston's ministry out of this combination was the birth of the British Liberal Party.
He then served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1853 and 1858, firstly in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and secondly in Lord Palmerston's first administration.
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