
Journal of Liberal History
For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history
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On This Day
27 August 1743
Henry Pelham becomes Prime Minister
Pelham had been offered the post the previous year following the resignation of Sir Robert Walpole but refused out of loyalty to the former PM. Key members of the government included the two Secretaries of State, Lord Carteret and Pelham’s brother the Duke of Newcastle. Pelham held the post until his death on 6 March 1754, combining the job with that of Chancellor of the Exchequer from December 1743. He was succeeded by Newcastle.
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