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Woolly Mammoth - Prime Ministers under King William IV
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (William IV)
1830-1832: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Whig) [1]
1832-1835: Robert Peel (Undertaker) [2]
1835-1836: Robert Peel (Undertaker) [3]
[1] Earl Grey formed a ministry committed to passing a broad-reaching Reform Act to shore up the British constitutional system by expanding the franchise to incorporate the propertied middle classes. Lukewarm support from King William IV who is personally opposed to risking social agitation leads to defeat in the Lords. The King's refusal to prorogue parliament or create additional peers leads to Grey's resignation.
[2] Entering office only with the strong urging of King William IV Peel agrees to work with the soft-Whigs to 'Undertake' the King's wishes for a mild Reform Act which will help to calm the dangerously enraged social tensions. The 'Tawdry' Reform Act of 1833 does little more than cull the most rotten boroughs leading to the Green Ribbon Rebellion of 1833-34. Government eventually falls over Irish affairs especially the handling of tithe agitation; Tory members unwilling to support any measure threatening the position of the Anglican Church.
[3] Peel's second term as 'undertaker' sees the majority of his support drawn from 'Greyite' Whigs and not his own Tories who are evolving into the Preservative Party. Primary focus on continue to pass watered-down social reform legislation in an attempt to stave off the fledgling Chartist movement which is a reaction to the generally unsatisfactory handling of reform and the unpopularity of active Crown influence. Ministry cut short by the death of William IV and the beginning of the Regency of Queen Adelaide.
1830-1832: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Whig) [1]
1832-1835: Robert Peel (Undertaker) [2]
1835-1836: Robert Peel (Undertaker) [3]
[1] Earl Grey formed a ministry committed to passing a broad-reaching Reform Act to shore up the British constitutional system by expanding the franchise to incorporate the propertied middle classes. Lukewarm support from King William IV who is personally opposed to risking social agitation leads to defeat in the Lords. The King's refusal to prorogue parliament or create additional peers leads to Grey's resignation.
[2] Entering office only with the strong urging of King William IV Peel agrees to work with the soft-Whigs to 'Undertake' the King's wishes for a mild Reform Act which will help to calm the dangerously enraged social tensions. The 'Tawdry' Reform Act of 1833 does little more than cull the most rotten boroughs leading to the Green Ribbon Rebellion of 1833-34. Government eventually falls over Irish affairs especially the handling of tithe agitation; Tory members unwilling to support any measure threatening the position of the Anglican Church.
[3] Peel's second term as 'undertaker' sees the majority of his support drawn from 'Greyite' Whigs and not his own Tories who are evolving into the Preservative Party. Primary focus on continue to pass watered-down social reform legislation in an attempt to stave off the fledgling Chartist movement which is a reaction to the generally unsatisfactory handling of reform and the unpopularity of active Crown influence. Ministry cut short by the death of William IV and the beginning of the Regency of Queen Adelaide.
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