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Dismissal

Great Britain · Politics / Whig Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1712–1757Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1712

Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1712

Politics / Whig Party

Expelled from the Commons on the political charge of "venality" in the Naval Office

1755

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1stNovember 1755

Politics / Whig Party

Pitt is dismissed from office as Paymaster, having spoken during a debate against the new system of continental subsidies proposed by the Government of which he was a member

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1755

Politics / Whig Party

Dismissed from office for opposing Newcastles foreign policy

1756

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1stApril 1756

Politics / Whig Party

Pitt is dismissed from office on account of his opposition to the continental policy and the circumstances surrounding the court-martial and execution of Admiral John Byng

1757

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1757

Politics / Whig Party

Dismissed from office

Names involved

Robert Walpole Orford, 1stWilliam Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Provenance

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