 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 540 pages
...first in 1714, he was made paymaster of the garrisons at home, and of the forces abroad. In 1715 he was appointed first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. In 1717 he resigned these posts, with lord Townshend, and other members of the same administration ; but in... | |
 | John Bigland, Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1812 - 470 pages
...concur tode. termine his conduct, which, on the whole, appears somewhat mysterious. Mr. Addington was appointed first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer, in the place of Mr. Pitt; but the king being seized with an indisposition, which prevented him from transacting... | |
 | Great Britain - 1817 - 630 pages
...friendship of the two Walpoles. In consequence, however, of certain jealousies that prevailed in theWhig administration of that day, this friendship appears...this, he became Premier, having been appointed first I .ord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1717; a few months after which, he was... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...Stanhope, Cray's, and Pultcney, dined with Boiitighrokv. 148 POLITICAL SERIES. [SlXTH active zeal by being appointed first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer, in the cabinet ostensibly led by his brother-in-law and early friend, Viscount Townshend. A severe illness... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Great Britain - 1836 - 428 pages
...Compliance with Lord Temple's Opinion, he had begun by dissolving the Parliament as soon as he was appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in December, 1783; when the People at large, and when even the Inhabitants of London, as well as of Westminster,... | |
 | University of Glasgow, John Barras Hay - 1839 - 332 pages
...London, 1837." NOTE XLV. PEEL. SIR ROBET PEEL here refers to his brief but masterly Premiership. He was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in December, 1834, and resigned office in April, 1835. NOTE XLV.* HUNTER. DH. WILLIAM HUNTER, the Founder... | |
 | John Barras Hay - 1839 - 376 pages
...London, 1837." NOTE XLV. PEEL. SIR ROBET PEEL here refers to his brief but masterly Premiership. He was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in December, 1834, and resigned office in April, 1835. NOTE XLV.ยป HUNTER. DR. WILLIAM HUNTER, the Founder... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 574 pages
...kingdom he had so rashly undertaken to conquer. It was on the llth of October, 1715, that Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in consequence of some changes in the Ministry : these appointments resulted from the impression made... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 582 pages
...kingdom he had so rashly undertaken to conquer. It was on the llth of October, 1715, that Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in consequence of some changes in the Ministry: these appointments resulted from the impression made on... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 504 pages
...pamphlets, Works, vol. ip 'Swift's Works, (Scott's edition,) vol. ii. p. 437. active zeal by being appointed first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer, in the cabinet ostensibly led by his brother-in-law and early friend, Viscount Townshend. A severe illness... | |
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October llth, 1715, he was rewarded for his active zeal by being appointed First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, in. 
