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082			_a941.073092 _bWIL
100			_aWilkinson, David
245		4	_aThe Duke of Portland
260			_bPalgrave Macmillan _c2003
300			_a224 pages
500			_aThe Third Duke of Portland served twice as Prime Minster and had a long and distinguished political career from 1760s to the 1780s. This study details how he was transformed from a pillar of the grand Whiggery (he was the brother-in-law of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire) into the figurehead for would-be Tories. The book also examines how he played an important public role in many of the political crises of his era (including the French Revolution and the Union) as well as a hidden role in British history (he was involved in the secret service and political corruption).
650			_aBiography & Autobiography
942			_cENGLISH
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