Nineteenth Century Premiers Pitt to Rosebery

Following A Century of Premiers: Salisbury to Blair , Leonard turns his attention to their nineteenth century predecessors. In a series of twenty biographical essays, he recounts the principal events of their political careers, assesses their performance as Prime Ministers, and asks what lasting influence they have had.

Dick Leonard is a political journalist, former Labour MP, and author of A Century of Premiers: Salisbury to Blair. Previously Assistant Editor of The Economist, he has also worked for the BBC and The Observer

Introduction	p. 1
William Pitt, the Younger - Reformer Turned Reactionary?	p. 5
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth - Better than His Reputation?	p. 28
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville - Not Quite 'All the Talents'	p. 38
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland - Whig into Tory	p. 55
Spencer Perceval - Struck Down in His Prime	p. 67
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool - Keeping the Show on the Road	p. 81
George Canning - in the Footsteps of Pitt	p. 100
Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon - Inadequate Stopgap	p. 120
Arthur Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington - Military Hero, Political Misfit?	p. 132
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - In the Footsteps of Fox	p. 149
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Mentor to a Young Monarch	p. 163
Sir Robert Peel - Arch Pragmatist or Tory Traitor?	p. 180
Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - from Whig to Liberal	p. 200
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - 'The Brilliant Chief, Irregularly Great'	p. 217
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - Failure or Scapegoat?	p. 232
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - Master Diplomat or Playground Bully?	p. 245
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield - Climbing 'the Greasy Pole'	p. 266
William Ewart Gladstone - From 'Stern Unbending Tory' to 'the People's William'	p. 286
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - Skilful Opponent of Reform	p. 310
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery - Seeking 'the Palm without the Dust'	p. 325
Prime Ministers of the Nineteenth Century	p. 339
Index	p. 343
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