Anglo-Irish Politics in the Age of Grattan and PittOne of the first coherent attempts to extensively analyse the history of the Anglo-Irish constitutional relationship between 1782 to 1800. |
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... representative of the king and to strip him of even the mildest pretensions to personal authority . Although contemporary theory recognised that the words of the lord lieutenant represented the wishes of the king , the Patriots found it ...
... representative of the king and to strip him of even the mildest pretensions to personal authority . Although contemporary theory recognised that the words of the lord lieutenant represented the wishes of the king , the Patriots found it ...
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... representatives do . But the conviction that nothing can be so dangerous for themselves as extending the jurisdiction of the House of Lords , destroying Poynings ' Law , or in short , weakening the connection between the two countries ...
... representatives do . But the conviction that nothing can be so dangerous for themselves as extending the jurisdiction of the House of Lords , destroying Poynings ' Law , or in short , weakening the connection between the two countries ...
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... representatives of the right to decide in their own interests . While it was true that the members of the Irish parliament represented a minority from which the bulk of the Irish population had become alienated , it was far from clear ...
... representatives of the right to decide in their own interests . While it was true that the members of the Irish parliament represented a minority from which the bulk of the Irish population had become alienated , it was far from clear ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 9 |
Government and Opposition Ireland 16201780 | 17 |
The Making of 1782 | 28 |
Copyright | |
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1782 settlement administration altered Anglo-Irish April August B.L. Add Beresford Britain British privy council Buckingham to Grenville Buckinghamshire cabinet Castle Catholic chief secretary commercial concessions Conolly constitutional Corry debate Declaratory Act defeat Despite division Dublin Duchess of Leinster England English fact favour February Flood Forbes Forbes's George Ponsonby government's Grattan H.M.C. Fortescue MSS H.M.C. Rutland MSS Henry Grattan Hillsborough House ibid Ireland Irish affairs Irish Commons Irish parliament Irish policy Irish privy council issue king king's kingdom legislative Leinster letter London lord lieutenant March measure motion mutiny bill Northington Orde to Rutland Papers Parl parliamentary reform patriots Pelham pension Pitt to Rutland Pitt-Rutland Pitt's political Ponsonby Portland Poynings proposed propositions prorogation refusal Regency Crisis Rockingham Rutland to Pitt Rutland to Sydney session Shelburne Sheridan suggested Sydney to Rutland trade Volunteers votes Westmorland Whig Windham Yelverton