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    repeated criticisms Pitt had made of Hanover. Pitt and the remaining Cobhamites continued to give the government their support for the next few years...
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    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...
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  • opposition by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. See 1796 British general election for details. The...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, British politician and soldier – Cobhamite John Cockerill, British businessman – Cockerill-Sambre William Frederick...
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    the opposition peers consulted for a new ministry in 1744 between the Cobhamites and the incumbent Pelhamites, removing Carteret, now earl Granville, and...
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