richard temple-nugent-brydges-chandos-grenville

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CONTENTS
VOLUME I
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.

VOLUME II
1788. (CONTINUED.) THE KING'S ILLNESS — CONDUCT OF THURLOW — PLANS OF MINISTERS — DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT — IRISH VIEW OF THE REGENCY QUESTION — PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRINCE'S PARTY — THE RATS IN BOTH HOUSES
1789. DEATH OF THE SPEAKER — MR. GRENVILLE ELECTED IN HIS PLACE — COMMITTEE ON THE REGENCY — THE HOUSEHOLD BILL — CONDUCT OF THE PRINCES — ADDRESS TO THE PRINCE OF WALES FROM THE IRISH PARLIAMENT — RECOVERY OF THE KING — DECISIVE MEASURES OF LORD BUCKINGHAM — IRISH PROMOTIONS AND CREATIONS — DISSENSIONS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY — MR. GRENVILLE APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE — MR. ADDINGTON ELECTED SPEAKER — LORD BUCKINGHAM RESIGNS THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND
1790. MR. GRENVILLE'S ELEVATION TO THE PEERAGE
1791.THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS — RESIGNATION OF THE DUKE OF LEEDS — FLIGHT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE — PROSPERITY OF ENGLAND AT THIS PERIOD
1792. MR. PITT'S BUDGET — THE STATE OF IRELAND — THE KING DISMISSES LORD THURLOW — DISCONTENTS IN ENGLAND — FRENCH EMIGRANTS — RETREAT OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK — MEASURES OF INTERNAL DEFENCE — THE FRENCH CONVENTION DECLARES WAR AGAINST ENGLAND AND HOLLAND
1793. CAUSES AND OBJECTS OF THE WAR — SECESSIONS FROM THE OPPOSITION — REVERSES IN HOLLAND — DISASTERS OF THE ALLIES — STATE OF FRANCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR
1794. PREPARATIONS IN ENGLAND FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR — INACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRIANS — LORD SPENCER AND MR. THOMAS GRENVILLE SENT ON A MISSION TO VIENNA — HOSTILE RESOLUTIONS OF THE OPPOSITION — SEVERAL OF THE LEADING WHIGS JOIN THE ADMINISTRATION — LORD CORNWALLIS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND ON THE CONTINENT — PROGRESS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS — LORD FITZWILLIAM NOMINATED TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND — HIS CONDUCT ON THAT OCCASION
1795. LORD FITZWILLIAM'S ADMINISTRATION IN IRELAND
1796. THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR SUSTAINED BY REPEATED MAJORITIES IN PARLIAMENT — MR. BURKE'S SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF EMIGRANT CHILDREN — BUONAPARTE APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND IN ITALY — LORD MALMESBURY'S MISSION TO PARIS
1797. DISCONTENTS IN ENGLAND — THE BREST SQUADRON — MOTION ON THE STATE OF IRELAND — AFFAIRS OF THE CONTINENT — LORD MALMESBURY'S MISSION TO LISLE
1798. CONDITION OF ENGLAND — PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCES — THE AUGMENTATION OF THE MILITIA — VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS — A REBELLION BREAKS OUT IN IRELAND — LORD CORNWALLIS SUCCEEDS LORD CAMDEN AS LORD-LIEUTENANT — LORD BUCKINGHAM VOLUNTEERS FOR IRELAND — DIFFERENCES WITH LORD CORNWALLIS — MR. THOMAS GRENVILLE IS APPOINTED ON A MISSION TO VIENNA AND BERLIN.
1799. ENGLAND ENTERS INTO A TREATY WITH RUSSIA AGAINST FRANCE — MR. THOMAS GRENVILLE'S MISSION TO THE CONTINENT — THE UNION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND — SUSPENSE RESPECTING THE FATE OF MR. GRENVILLE — PROGRESS OF EVENTS ON THE CONTINENT — AUSTRIA JOINS THE COALITION — VACILLATIONS AND INACTIVITY OF PRUSSIA — EXPEDITION TO HOLLAND — FURTHER AUGMENTATION OF THE MILITIA — PROJECTS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR

About the Author
"Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos KG, GCH, PC, FSA (11 February 1797 – 29 July 1861), styled Viscount Cobham from birth until 1813, Earl Temple between 1813 and 1822 and Marquess of Chandos between 1822 and 1839, was a British Tory politician. He served as Lord Privy Seal between 1841 and 1842." --Wikipedia