The Life of Granville George Leveson Gower
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781417960170
Subjects: Biography: general; Biography: historical; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Historical - British; Historical - General
First sentence: WHEN in December 1783 the younger Pitt, dismayed by the refusal of Lord Temple to accept the seals of Secretary of State, was hesitating whether he would persevere in the uphill task of forming a Ministry, he turned for assistance at that critical moment in his career to a retired statesman who occupied an exceptional position in the hierarchy of the great Whig houses.