This is the only comprehensive and authoritative modern biography of Charles, second Earl Grey, a leading figure in the Whig party from the 1780s to the 1830s, and the Prime Minister who passed the Great Reform Act of 1832. Smith here portrays Grey as chiefly responsible for guiding the country through a period of threatened revolution and maintaining the continuity of its political institutions. Drawing on an extensive range of historical sources, some of them previously unpublished, this study re-evaluates Grey's career and achievements in light of modern scholarship, and provides a unique insight into his complex and troubled personality.

Lord Grey, 1764-1845

History

Smith, E. A.

Americas

Clarendon Press

This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, gives a full and objective reassessment of the monarch’s character, reputation, and achievement. Previous writers have tended to accept the unfavorable verdicts of the king’s contemporaries that he was a dissolute, pleasure-loving dilettante and a feeble and ineffective ruler who was responsible for the decline of the power and reputation of the monarchy in the early nineteenth century. Now E.A. Smith offers a new view of George IV, one that does not minimize the king’s faults but focuses on the positive qualities of his achievement in politics and in the patronage of the arts. Smith explores the roots of the king’s character and personality, stressing the importance of his relationship with his parents and twelve surviving siblings. He examines the king’s important contributions to the cultural enhancement of his capital and his encouragement of the major artistic, literary, and scholarly figures of his time. He reassesses the king’s role as constitutional monarch, contending that it was he, rather than Victoria and Albert, who created the constitutional monarchy of nineteenth-century Britain and began the revival of its popularity. Smith’s biography not only illuminates the character of one of the most colorful of Britain’s rulers but also contributes to the history of the British monarchy and its role in the nation’s life.

George IV (The English Monarchs Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Yale University Press

This book shows how the Lords adapted to, and survived, the 'age of reform' and traces their changing relationship with the House of Commons and the British people at large. It fills an important gap, for the peerage were, and contrived to remain, major actors in the politics of the age.

The House of Lords in British Politics and Society 1815-1911 (Studies in Modern History)

Longman Pub. Group

Evolution, business, members, parties, Lords, decline of House of lords.

The House of Lords in British Politics and Society 1915-1911

Pearson

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Reform or Revolution?: A Diary of Reform in England

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

Chronicling as it does the breakdown of George IV's marriage to his loathed cousin Caroline, and his futile attempt to divorce her and deprive her of her royal rights and status, A Queen on Trial throws up fascinating parallels with Diana and Charles' acrimonious separation.

A Queen on Trial: The Affair of Queen Caroline

The relationship between the Duke of Wellington and Harreit Arbuthnot in the 1820s was and always has been a subject of speculation: was it political or sexual or both? This book expores the relationship in depth, together with the role played in this friendship by Harriet's husband Charles.

Wellington and the Arbuthnots: A triangular friendship

Alan Sutton Publishing

A compelling account of the trial of Queen Caroline, one of the most scandalous episodes in royal history. The book includes contemporary diaries, newspapers and letters as well as some of the scurrilous cartoons of the time lampooning both parties.

'the standard authority on a statesman who deservedly ranks as one of the architects of Victorian Britain' -- Professor Norman Gash, Parliamentary History
Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, pioneer of the Great Reform Act, is one of the more famous prime ministers of the nineteenth century. This perceptive study has been generally acclaimed as 'a well written and sensitive life of a remarkable man' (Lord Blake, The Spectator).

Lord Grey 1764-1845

Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.

Chronicling as it does the breakdown of George IV's marriage to his loathed cousin Caroline, and his futile attempt to divorce her and deprive her of her royal rights and status, A Queen on Trial throws up fascinating parallels with Diana and Charles' acrimonious separation and comes as a timely reminder of the cyclical, repetitive nature of history.

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Lord Grey, 1764-1845

George IV (The English Monarchs Series)

The House of Lords in British Politics and Society 1815-1911 (Studies in Modern History)

The House of Lords in British Politics and Society 1915-1911

Reform or Revolution?: A Diary of Reform in England

A Queen on Trial: The Affair of Queen Caroline

Wellington and the Arbuthnots: A triangular friendship

A Queen on Trial: The Affair of Queen Caroline

Lord Grey 1764-1845

A Queen on Trial: The Affair of Queen Caroline