 Commons. It seemed almost as though Lord Londonderry's accession to an English peerage would involve a national crisis. Mr. Pitt's secretary wrote to Castlereagh in grave insistent terms. ' I am almost persuaded,' said he, ' that you will be obliged to...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2111922Full view - About this book
 | Robert Stewart Castlereagh (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1849 - 516 pages
...mind. I am almost persuaded that you will be obliged to postpone your father's Peerage. No man ever was so flatteringly pressed to decline honours. The real...is certainly equivocal : his personal contest with Buonaparte may distress him, should he be driven to peace. Windham is ingeniously imprudent; Dundas... | |
 | Charles Whibley - Politicians - 1923 - 312 pages
...Pitt. An English peerage had been offered to Castlereagh's father by the King, and thus one single life protected Castlereagh from sudden banishment...Windham is ingeniously imprudent ; Dundas is retiring ; Ryder is an invalid ; Lord Hawkesbury not leading talents ; Canning neither rank nor authority, and... | |
 | 1849 - 946 pages
..." I am almost persuaded that you will be obliged to postpone your lather's peerage. No man ever was so flatteringly pressed to decline honours. The real...is certainly equivocal : his personal contest with Buonaparte may distress him, should he be driven to peace. Windbam is ingeniously imprudent ; Dundas... | |
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