Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . fSEAL OF GEORGE I. Church. His accession was a Whig triumph. George, whowas a prudent, unostentatious man, had no knowledge of theEnglish constitution, and evinced no intention of endangeringhis position by trying experiments with a mixed extreme Tories had imdoubtedl}^ hoped and prepared fora Stuart restoration, and George very naturally placed himselfunreservedly in the hands of the Whigs. Tow
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . fSEAL OF GEORGE I. Church. His accession was a Whig triumph. George, whowas a prudent, unostentatious man, had no knowledge of theEnglish constitution, and evinced no intention of endangeringhis position by trying experiments with a mixed extreme Tories had imdoubtedl}^ hoped and prepared fora Stuart restoration, and George very naturally placed himselfunreservedly in the hands of the Whigs. Townshend (p. 148),who had made the Barrier Treaty, became Prime Minister,and the other leading members of the (Jovornment wereStanhope, Sunderland, Cowper, Nottingham, Pultency, Marl-borough, and Walpolo. Of these Townshend, Stanhope, andWalpole carried the greatest weight. In tlie election whichoccurred six mouths after Annes death, the influence t)f theGovernment secured the return of a laro-e Whig majority. POLITICAL HISTORY. 3 1742] and from 1715 to the accession of George III. the ascendency consti-of the Whigs continued without any intermission. During this ^eveiop^-long period
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