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AUTOGRAPH - JENKINSON, Robert - 2nd Earl of Liverpool A Manuscript Letter in Black ink , Signed "Liverpool" .
London: Fife House (Whitehall), October 1826 . 0
Two pages 23.5cm x 18cm (with two folds). A manuscript letter in black ink over two pages (with two folds), dated October , 1826 . Relating to the import of foreign grain (although th the Corn Laws were still in place. "My Lord, Parliament being summoned to meet on the 14th of November for the despatch of business. I take the liberty of appraising your Lordship that the objects which His Majesty's Government have in view at this meeting are to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the measures which have been adpoted for admitting certain kinds of Foreign Grain for home consumption before they would have been by law regularly admissable for that purpose, and to complete the formal Proceedings incident to the opening of a new Parliament... Liverpool". ** Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the Union with Ireland in 1801. He was forty-two years old when he became premier in 1812 which made him younger than all of his successors to date (the next-youngest being David Cameron, taking office at 43). During his time as Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, Liverpool became known for repressive measures introduced to maintain order, but also for steering the country through the period of radicalism and unrest that followed the Napoleonic Wars. Important events during his tenure as Prime Minister included the War of 1812, the Sixth and Seventh Coalitions against the French Empire, the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars at the Congress of Vienna, the Corn Laws, the Peterloo Massacre, the Trinitarian Act 1812 and the emerging issue of Catholic Emancipation. Though he did not succeed in abolishing the Corn Laws, which limited the amount of grain which could be imported into Britain, he did introduce a sliding scale which enabled the government to act at its discretion to remove inequities; this letter relates to these series of actions
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125.00 GBP
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