Preface
1. The Parameters of Politics
2. The Political Scenario in 1760
3. Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): War and Peace
4. The Bute Ministry (1762-1763): Peace and Cider
5. The Grenville Ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America
6. The First Rockingham Ministry (1765-1766): The Stamp Act Crisis
7. The Chatham Ministry. I. The Year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America
8. The Chatham Ministry. II. Grafton as Caretaker (1767-1768): Political re-alignments
9. The Grafton Ministry (1768-1770) The Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis
10. George III, Lord North, and the defeat of ‘faction’ (1770)
11. Conclusion: Factions of Parties?
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Peter D. G. Thomas is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

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"As a clear, well-written narrative of the high politics of the first decade of George III's reign this book will make a useful contribution to the understanding of the period." --Stephen Conway, University College London

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