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- Title
Country Gentlemen in Parliament 1750-1783.
- Authors
NAMIER, LEWIS
- Abstract
An essay is presented on country gentlemen in the British Parliament from 1750 to 1783. It comments on the independence of the country gentlemen from the government administration and factions. The author considers the Whigs and Tories and the identification of Tories with the independent country gentlemen over time. The views of the country gentlemen on the crisis leading up to the American Revolutionary War are addressed. Gentlemen discussed include Sir Roger Newdigate and John Phillips.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; GREAT Britain. Parliament; GENTRY; WHIG Party (Great Britain); TORY Party (Great Britain); LEGISLATORS; NEWDIGATE, Roger, Sir, 1719-1806; PHILLIPS, John; HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH century; HISTORY of political parties
- Publication
History Today, 1954, Vol 4, Issue 10, p676
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Essay