Broad Bottom ministry
Pelham brothers
The Broad Bottom ministry was the factional coalition government of Great Britain between 1744 and 1754.[1] It was led by the two Pelham brothers in Parliament, Prime Minister Henry Pelham in the House of Commons and the Duke of Newcastle in the House of Lords.
Early in 1746 the King wished a change of prime minister, and Pelham lost power, but only briefly. Returning to office he put in place a strengthened broad coalition of Whigs. The second Broad Bottom administration lasted from Pelham's resumption of power until his death in 1754.[3]
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Notes[]
- ^ Colley 1985, p. 243
- ^ Kulisheck 2004
- ^ Beyond the more senior ministers listed Henry Fox as Secretary at War and William Pitt as Paymaster of the Forces.[2] , other significant figures in the ministry from 1746 include
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 112
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 168
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 105
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 119
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 147
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haydn 1851, p. 172
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 192
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 160
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 401
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 409
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 206
- ^ Haydn 1851, p. 209
References[]
- Colley, Linda (1985), In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714–60, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-31311-7
- Cook, Chris; John Stevenson (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 42, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
- Haydn, Joseph (1851), The Book of Dignities, London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Kilburn, Matthew (2007), "Broad-bottom ministry (act. 1744–1746)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95199
- Kulisheck, P. J. (2004), "Pelham, Henry (1694–1754)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21789 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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