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... ( Whig ) , 1761 to May , 1762 . Bute ( Tory ) , May 1762 to April , 1763 . Grenville ( Whig ) , April , 1763 to July , 1765 . Rockingham ( Whig ) , July , 1765 to August , 1766 . The Elder Pitt ( Whig ) , August , 1766 to December , 1768 ...
... ( Whig ) , 1761 to May , 1762 . Bute ( Tory ) , May 1762 to April , 1763 . Grenville ( Whig ) , April , 1763 to July , 1765 . Rockingham ( Whig ) , July , 1765 to August , 1766 . The Elder Pitt ( Whig ) , August , 1766 to December , 1768 ...
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... Whig party had become , in the course of the century , little more than an oligarchy of powerful families . Through the efforts of Fox and Burke , and the circumstances of George's reign , it was gradually converted into a party of ...
... Whig party had become , in the course of the century , little more than an oligarchy of powerful families . Through the efforts of Fox and Burke , and the circumstances of George's reign , it was gradually converted into a party of ...
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... Whigs to affluence and office with the Tories . At any time , he would have been welcomed into the Tory group , as were ... Whig cause and lessened his own chances of political advancement . He asserted in one of his speeches that " the ...
... Whigs to affluence and office with the Tories . At any time , he would have been welcomed into the Tory group , as were ... Whig cause and lessened his own chances of political advancement . He asserted in one of his speeches that " the ...
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