Lord Liverpool's administration Flashcards
What is a reactionary?
A person who tends to oppose political reform or change
What type of government did Liverpool form?
A Tory government
Why was the Prince Regent forced to accept Lord Liverpool, despite him not being the first choice?
Because he had already tried and failed several times to form a Whig government
How was Liverpool seen while serving as PM?
He was an uninspiring character, but he was also conscientious, morally sound and regarded as a ‘safe pair of hands’
How does Asa Briggs describe Liverpool as PM?
As someone who was able to coordinate the forces of order and bring victory against Napoleon
How did Liverpool arrange his government?
He preferred a small inner cabinet whom he could trust
What role did Henry Addington take up in Liverpool’s cabinet?
He was a hard line reactionary home secretary
What role did Lord Eldon take up in Liverpool’s cabinet?
He was a reactionary tory Lord Chancellor
What role did Nicholas Vansittart take up in Liverpool’s cabinet?
He was a rather unimaginative Chancellor of the Exchequer
What role did J.F Robinson take up in Liverpool’s cabinet?
He was President of the Board of Trade
What was the name of the talented and flamboyant politician that Liverpool failed to make a part of his cabinet?
George Canning
Why did George Canning refuse to become a part of Liverpool’s cabinet?
He refused to work alongside his political enemy Lord Castlereagh, who held the positions of Foreign Secretary and Leader of the Commons
What did Liverpool have to make a constant effort to overcome?
Whig opposition in the Commons
How did Liverpool’s administartion fare in the Commons?
The few government ministers who sat in the Commons were outmatched in debating skills by a group of articulate and forceful Radicals and Whigs, which made it difficult to hold a majority in theb Commons
What was Liverpool caught in between during his premiership?
The declining system of patronage and the new disciplined party machinery coming into force
