Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Rockingham Whigs in Opposition, 1766-1768 -- 2 The Movement for a United Administration, 1768-1769 -- 3 The Petitioning and Union Movements during the Parliamentary Recess of 1769 -- 4 The Union Movement in the Parliamentary Session of 1770 -- 5 The Growth of Disunity in Opposition, May 1770 to February 1771 -- 6 The Elimination of the Union Movement in the Spring and Summer of 1771 -- 7 The Influence of the Crown and Religion, 1771-1772 -- 8 The Rockinghams and the Influence of the Crown, 1772-1773 -- Conclusion: The Rockingham Whigs in 1773 -- Appendix: The Rockinghams in Both Houses of Parliament, 1768-1773 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The Rockingham Connection and the Second Founding of the Whig Party is a study of the ideological development of the Rockingham Whigs in Britain between 1768 and 1773 and a re-examination of the party system in the later part of the eighteenth century. W.M. Elofson traces the evolution of the Rockingham Whigs from court-centred supporters of the status quo to proponents of parliamentary reform and illustrates the central role the Party played in the evolution of liberal philosophy that preceded the massive reform movement in the next century.

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