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<p> [[Eminent]] British statesman, orator, and diplomatist, entered [[Parliament]] in the Whig interest; his first speech was in favour of the Protestant succession; after service as diplomatist abroad, was made Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in which capacity he was brought into contact with Swift, first as an enemy but at length as a friend, and proved a successful viceroy; in Parliament was head of the party opposed to Sir [[Robert]] Walpole and of the subsequent administration; his foreign policy has been in general approved of; had the satisfaction of seeing, which he was instrumental in securing, the elder Pitt installed in office before he retired; was a "fiery, emphatic man" (1690-1763). </p> | John Carteret Earl Granville <ref name="term_70226" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Eminent]] British statesman, orator, and diplomatist, entered [[Parliament]] in the Whig interest; his first speech was in favour of the [[Protestant]] succession; after service as diplomatist abroad, was made Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in which capacity he was brought into contact with Swift, first as an enemy but at length as a friend, and proved a successful viceroy; in Parliament was head of the party opposed to Sir [[Robert]] Walpole and of the subsequent administration; his foreign policy has been in general approved of; had the satisfaction of seeing, which he was instrumental in securing, the elder Pitt installed in office before he retired; was a "fiery, emphatic man" (1690-1763). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_70226"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/carteret,+john,+earl+granville John Carteret Earl Granville from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70226"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/carteret,+john,+earl+granville John Carteret Earl Granville from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 15 October 2021
John Carteret Earl Granville [1]
Eminent British statesman, orator, and diplomatist, entered Parliament in the Whig interest; his first speech was in favour of the Protestant succession; after service as diplomatist abroad, was made Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in which capacity he was brought into contact with Swift, first as an enemy but at length as a friend, and proved a successful viceroy; in Parliament was head of the party opposed to Sir Robert Walpole and of the subsequent administration; his foreign policy has been in general approved of; had the satisfaction of seeing, which he was instrumental in securing, the elder Pitt installed in office before he retired; was a "fiery, emphatic man" (1690-1763).
