THEME 2 - changing influences of parliament (crown and aristocracy)

What was the Lichfield house compact

Agreement with radical and irish MPs that worked together to bring down Peel’s Government. In return, the Whigs would work to remedy Irish problems

When did Earl Grey’s government form

1830

When was Gladstones dominance of the Liberal party

1868 -1886

When were the liberals split over Irish Home rule?

1886

When was new liberalism created?

1900-6

When was Pitt appointed as PM of Tories?

1783

When was Peel’s Tamworth manifesto?

1834

When were Disraelis speeches

1873

When was Disraeli’s second ministry

1874-80

When was the independent labour party founded?

1893

When was the LRC founded

1900

When was the first Labour PM elected and what was his name?

Ramsay MacDonald was elected in 1924

By 1906, how many MPs came from aristocratic families?

10%

Simple pitt reforms

Sinecures - waited until they died, so their position lapsed.

Simplified Burke’s reforms (1779-1782)

Set the salries for different jobs which saved £70,000 a year by abolishing over 130 royal and gov sinecures. Also reduced taxes by decreasing expenditure

When was the payment of MPs introduced and how did that decrease aristocratic influence in Parliament?

1911 - meant that people from different, less priviledged backgrounds could be MPs as it could be their sole job

Who were the dominant tory leaders from 1780-1832

Pitt (1783-1801 and 1804 - 1806); Lord Liverpool (1812-27)

Who was the dominant tory leaderfrom 1832-1846

Robert Peel

Who was the dominant tory leader from 1867-86

Disraeli

Who were the tory dominant leaders from 1886-1928?

Lord Salisbury (on and off from 1885 to 1902) and Stanley Baldwin (1923-1929)

Who were the dominant Whig leaders from 1780-1830

Charles James Fox and Earl Grey

Who were the dominant Whig leaders from 1830 -1868

Earl Grey, Lord John Russel and Lord Palmerston

Who were the dominant Whig leaders from 1886-1928?

Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George

Who was the dominant Labour leader from 1893-1914?

Keir Hardie

Who was the dominant Labour leader from 191801928

Ramsay Macdonald

Who was the King during 1780s

George III