Relationship with king

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Emily Zammitt

Cards (7)

  • Support of the king ensured Pitt dominated politics at all times
  • The two worked well with each other on a variety of issues and a mutual respect developed
  • The king was only happy to cooperate with Pitt even if the only reason for this was to keep Charles James Fox out of office
  • The King disapproved of Pitt’s support for Parliamentary reform in 1785
  • Pitt could not survive without the support of the King and Charles Fox could have come into power without him
  • The king was inexperienced and had a lack of judgement and generally avoided direct interference in policy making
  • They disagreed on Catholic emancipation as this is not something the king wanted unlike Pitt (he promised it to the Catholics)