Another week, another two Prime Ministers. Some busybody on Wikipedia has edited a page a rely on for notes, removing a fair bit of information that appears here and adding over two dozen footnotes to the bottom of the page, if there's any information here that's wrong please do correct me.
16. First Baron Grenville, William Grenville
| Portrait | Baron Grenville |
|---|---|
| Post Nominal Letters | PC, FRS, PC (Ire) |
| In Office | 11 February 1806 - 31 March 1807 |
| Sovereign | King George III |
| General Elections | 1805 |
| Party | [Whig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party%29) |
| Ministries | Ministry of All the Talents (I & II) |
| Parliament | Baron Grenville |
| Other Ministerial Offices | First Lord of the Treasury; Leader of the House of Lords |
| Records | None |
Significant Events:
- Vellore Mutiny
- Slave Trade Act 1807, abolished the Slave Trade within the British Empire
17. Spencer Perceval
| Portrait | Spencer Perceval |
|---|---|
| Post Nominal Letters | PC, KC |
| In Office | 4 October 1809 - 11 May 1812 |
| Sovereign | King George III, Regency |
| General Elections | None |
| Party | [Tory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party%29) |
| Ministries | Perceval |
| Parliament | MP for Northampton |
| Other Ministerial Offices | First Lord of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Leader of the House of Commons |
| Records | Only Prime Minister to be assassinated; 1st Prime Minister to be born during the reign in which they held office; Only Prime Minister to live his entire lifetime under one sovereign; 5th Prime Minister to die in office; 8th Prime Minister in office without a Ge |
My cursory research is giving me mixed results for this. On one hand, american media seems to emphasise Parliament as unfairly taxing them, but the tax in question was repealed soon and seemed to be uniform across the empire anyway. The Boston Massacre was ultimately just a few soldiers shooting 4 rioters out of a massive crowd, and being brought before a judge for it.
(Which one of their bigwigs defended, if I'm right)
And in general, the British seemed to rule the colonies with a very light hand, rarely showing their otherwise brutal policies on the English colonists. I see no accounts of Ireland like repression anywhere I casually find.
So why were Pitt and Grenville's regimes so openly challenged? The colonists didn't seem to have anything to gain from antagonising their homeland.
Was it just a power play by the local aristocrats? A reaction to the abolition movement gathering steam in England?
What did Pitt Sr or Grenville do?
Do you approve or disapprove of Grenville's overall performance as Prime Minister?
Previous Results:
Robert Walpole - 86%
Spencer Compton - 76%
Henry Pelham - 69%
Thomas Pelham-Holles - 33%
William Cavendish - 38%
John Stuart - 67%
The narrative in this sub is often that rural Ontario is conservative and possibly more anti vax than the big city, but interesting that the numbers say otherwise. Despite being a portion of infamous MP Randy Hillier's riding, Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District is Ontario's most vaccinated Health Unit.
In fact, Toronto has virtually the same vax rate as Chatham Kent (85%/80%).
*% represents of those eligible to be vaccinated.
As requested from last week's thread, I'll do three Prime Ministers today, primarily because of their relatively short terms.
7. George Grenville
| Portrait | George Grenville |
|---|---|
| Post Nominal Letters | PC |
| In Office | 16 April 1763 - 13 July 1765 |
| Sovereign | King George III |
| General Elections | None |
| Party | [Whig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party%29) |
| Ministries | Grenville, |
| Parliament | MP for Buckingham |
| Other Ministerial Offices | First Lord of the Treasury; Leader of the House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Records | 4th Prime Minister in Office without a General Election; 1st Prime Minister who was a father to a future Prime Minister (Baron Grenville). |
Significant Events:
- Incidents precipitating the American Revolution, such as the Stamp Act 1765 and the Boston Tea Party.
8. Second Marquess of Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth
| Portrait | Marquess of Rockingham |
|---|---|
| Post Nominal Letters | PC, KG, FRS |
| In Office | 13 July 1765 - 30 July 1766; 27 March 1782 - 1 July 1782 |
| Sovereign | King George III |
| General Elections | None |
| Party | [Whig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party%29) |
| Ministries | Rockingham I, Rockingham II |
| Parliament | Marquess of Rockingham |
| Other Ministerial Offices | First Lord of the Treasury; Leader of the House of Lords |
| Records | Prime Minister with the shortest single term (second term lasted 96 days); 5th Prime Minister in Office without a General Election (for both his terms); 3rd Prime Minister to never serve in the House of Commons during his political career; 2nd Prim |
