The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 337
... Durham had then refused the thankless task ; now , when the offer was repeated in a greater emergency , he accepted with misgivings . His several commissions appointed him Governor of the two Canadas , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and ...
... Durham had then refused the thankless task ; now , when the offer was repeated in a greater emergency , he accepted with misgivings . His several commissions appointed him Governor of the two Canadas , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick and ...
Page 340
... Durham disembarked at Plymouth on November 30 , in disgrace with ministers and bitterly resentful at their treatment of him . Though tempted both by his own feelings and by Radical exhortations to lead an attack on the Government in ...
... Durham disembarked at Plymouth on November 30 , in disgrace with ministers and bitterly resentful at their treatment of him . Though tempted both by his own feelings and by Radical exhortations to lead an attack on the Government in ...
Page 344
... Durham's Report the decision to postpone permanent legislation was not seriously challenged , even by Durham himself . Urgent as he had been for prompt action , he recognised the need of obtaining for the new settlement a broad basis of ...
... Durham's Report the decision to postpone permanent legislation was not seriously challenged , even by Durham himself . Urgent as he had been for prompt action , he recognised the need of obtaining for the new settlement a broad basis of ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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