The claims on Calais was renounced as far back as the time of Elizabeth I.As for English farcical claims on the throne of France,that was renounced with the Treaty of Amiens with Nappy.Is this true? I always thought, after the loss of the Hannover patrimony, the UK would be very open to having another Brit enclave on the continent to help maintain the balance of power.
Plus I don't think they renounced their claims on Calais until the entante cordialle
I'm under the impression that most British thought that the loss of Hanover was a good riddance because that thought that they don't need to be dragged into wars to protect the place(when quite a lot of the times,it was the other way around).
If the British really wanted an enclave on Continental Europe,they would have partitioned Belgium with France,Prussia and the Netherlands in 1830.