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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… Oct. 29. London. to Lord [Sunderland]. I never knew the Whigs in London so wary in managing their discourses and of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1683
… man of cunning parts, Thomas Wansey and Thomas Dore, great Whigs. They were of the grand jury at the Winton assizes and … noticed and told me of men in particular, who were great Whigs, striving to give public testimony of their returning … Leoline Jenkins for months, for what reason, except the Whigs or money prevent it, I know not. By the enclosed …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… or any apprehension of tumults and rising amongst the Whigs. He said none that he believed, so I had nothing in … ult. we chose Mayor again; two were chosen, Turney by the Whigs, Sir John Fagg being industrious at that election, and … where I intend to be, but am so well known amongst our Whigs that I am doubtful I shall not know any of their …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… shown a disposition to favour the Nonconformists and Whigs. The 18 Aldermen who retained their seats were all … were filed by supporters of that policy, most of whom were Whigs and Dissenters. On August 2 Six Aldermen (Sir W. … Commissioners, and the House of Lords, in which the Whigs were then predominant, struck out one of the names and …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… for the City at the election of 1708, but he rejoined the Whigs, with whom he had been originally connected, very soon … for the Shrievalty in 1724, voted with the Walpolean Whigs in the Court of Aldermen in the struggles for the … in 1740 and 1741. . Those marked thus were nominally Whigs, but prominent anti-Walpoleans in alliance with the …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… in sensitive positions near the monarch and, often, Whigs, officers with Whig associations, or individuals who … of the Treasury, 23 Feb. 1725, 16 Aug. 1728. Though the Whigs failed to carry a motion for an account of the debt in …