REPRESENTATIVE STATESMEN

VOL. II.

LIBRAR

NIVERSITY

ALIFORNIA

REPRESENTATIVE STATESMEN

POLITICAL STUDIES

BY ALEX. CHARLES EWALD, F.S.A.

AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART," "THE LIFE OF SIR
ROBERT WALPOLE," ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

LIBRA

OF THE

UNIVERSITY

CALIFORNIA

LONDON

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY

1879

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

LORD ELDON, THE DELIBERATIVE MINISTER (1751-

JANUARY 13, 1838)

CANNING, THE BRILLIANT MINISTER (1770-August 8,

PAGE

1

64

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, THE CONSCIENTIOUS MINIS-

TER (1769-SEPTEMBER 14, 1852)

. 136

SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE MINISTER OF EXPEDIENCY (1788

-JULY 2, 1850)

217

PALMERSTON, THE ENGLISH MINISTER (1784-OCTOBER

18, 1865)

294