PELHAM (Henry, 1696-1754, Prime Minister)

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Lord PALMERSTON (Henry Temple, c. 1673-1757, 1st Viscount and Politician) saying he is "ashamed to give you any trouble on this occasion, but as the Parliament is appointed to meet on Tuesday the sixteenth of November and in all probability will proceed to business immediately, I shall hope we might expect to see your Lordship there the first day. An appearance of well wishers to their friends and their country, may possibly prevent, or at least deny the designs of the enemy, it is on these principles I venture to trouble your Lordship ...", 1 side 4to., no place, 15th October

Robert Walpole had resigned as de facto Prime Minister in January of 1742 in the aftermath of Britain's disastrous naval expedition to the Caribbean during the War of Jenkin's Ear, a war which Walpole had embarked upon with great reluctance. Walpole had amassed a number of 'enemies' during his long tenure, both in Parliament and outside, where he was scorned by many of the writers and intelligentsia of the day. The new administration, headed by Lords Wilmington and Carteret, was distinctly inimical to Walpole but through his influence Carteret was soon forced out of office and replaced by Walpole's protegé, Henry Pelham.

Item Date:  1872

Stock No:  39982      £675

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