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Cobhamites

18th-century British political faction

repeated criticisms Pitt had made of Hanover. Pitt and the remaining Cobhamites continued to give the government their support for the next few years

Cobhamites

George Grenville

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765

Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham. He emerged as one of the Cobhamites, a group of young members of Parliament associated with Lord Cobham. In

George Grenville

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1734 British general election

by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham. They were known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. See 1796 British general election for details. The

1734 British general election

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Short-lived ministry

18th-century British cabinet that served a brief term

February 1746. On 10 February, with the resignation of Henry Pelham and the Cobhamites, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath undertook the formation of a ministry

Short-lived ministry

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Henry Fielding

English writer and judge (1707–1754)

Cobham in forming a Whig opposition to Walpole's government called the Cobhamites, which included another of Fielding's Eton friends, William Pitt. In The

Henry Fielding

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Stowe House

Country house in Buckinghamshire, England

gardens at Stowe. Cobham was the centre of the Whig party grouping of Cobhamites. His sister Hester was created Countess of Temple in her own right in

Stowe House

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List of eponyms (A–K)

List of terms created from a person's name

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, British politician and soldier – Cobhamite John Cockerill, British businessman – Cockerill-Sambre William Frederick

List of eponyms (A–K)

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William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington

British politician (1717–1793)

the opposition peers consulted for a new ministry in 1744 between the Cobhamites and the incumbent Pelhamites, removing Carteret, now earl Granville, and

William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington