Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1

MEMOIRS OF THE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE THE THIRD. - FROM ORIGINAL FAMILY DOCUMENTS. - BY - THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G. - IN TWO VOLUMES - VOL. I.

INTRODUCTION.

1782. The Close of Lord North's Administration—The Second Rockingham Cabinet—Mr. Thomas Grenville's Mission to Paris—The Shelburne Administration—Lord Temple Appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—Irish Affairs.

1783. The Renunciation Bill—The Fall of the Shelburne Administration—The Cabinet Interregnum—The Coalition Ministry—Resignation of Lord Temple.

1784. Mr. Pitt's Administration—Lord Temple Created Marquis of Buckingham—His Private Notes on the Coalition.

1785. The Breach Between the Marquis of Buckingham and Mr. Thomas Grenville.

1786. Mr. W. W. Grenville Joins Mr. Pitt's Administration.

1787. The Dawn of Free Trade—The Assembly of Notables—Affairs of Holland—Arthur Wellesley—The Marquis of Buckingham Assumes the Government of Ireland for the Second Time.

1788. Irish Correspondence—The India Declaratory Bill—Trial of Warren Hastings—Contemplated Changes in the Administration—The King's Interference in Military Appointments—The Irish Chancellorship—The King's Illness—Views of the Cabinet Respecting the Regency.