Secretaries of State, 1681-1782.
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administrative evolution
Appointed Captain General
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British political history
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Charles II's Reign
Charles II’s Reign
Colonial Administration
Colonial Affairs
commission
early modern government
Eat Humble Pie
eighteenth-century governance
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George III
Henry Fox
King's private household
King's private secretaries
Lord Glenorchy
Lord High Admiral
Majesty's Principal Secretaries
Majesty’s Principal Secretaries
Modern Languages
Nolle Prosequi
Northern Department
public administration studies
royal household bureaucracy
Royal Sign Manual
royal warrants
Southern Department
transformation of principal secretary office
Treasonable Practices
Victualling Boards
William III
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367147808
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Published in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality. Originally a clerk in the King's private household and writer of his letters, by the end of the seventeenth century the position had become a political office, second only in importance to that of Lord High Treasurer.
