Subjects

Modern History

in The Copy Book

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Counsel’s Duty to his Client

When King George IV tried to divorce Queen Caroline with maximum embarrassment, her barrister warned that two could play at that game.

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Picture: By George Hayter (1792–1871), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

56

Undaunted

Facing defeat at the General Election of 1812, Henry Brougham stood before the voters of Liverpool and made a spirited defence of liberty’s record.

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57

Banner of Liberty

In 1840, Secretary at War Thomas Macaulay treated the Union Jack like a bully’s visiting card, but backbencher William Gladstone believed it deserved better.

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Picture: By Michael Angelo Hayes (1820-1877), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain. . Source.

58

The First Opium War

In 1840, the British Government declared war on the Chinese Empire over their harsh treatment of drug smugglers from Bengal.

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59

An Extraordinary Man

Artist Benjamin Robert Haydon laments the passing of Lord Egremont, whose generosity and good judgment reached far beyond his support for struggling artists.

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60

One Man Army

The fort at Budge Budge near Calcutta proved stubborn against the massed artillery of the East India Company, but a tipsy seaman took it all by himself.

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Picture: Dominic Serres (1722–1793), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.