Her Jacobite upbringing would have familiarised her with a stance of opposition to government. Her adult political opinions, held with firmness and expressed with vigour, developed steadily in the direction of liberalism and reform. They...
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14 October 1768: The Duke of Grafton formed the government...
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14 October 1768
The Duke of Grafton
formed the government in succession to William Pitt
, following an election in March.