Canning, Goderich +Wellington

Cards (15)

  • April 1827
    Canning becomes PM
  • Canning
    • favourite of Liverpool
    • ideas too advanced for many Tories
    • many doubted if he could be trusted or not
  • Canning‘s Cabinet
    Wellington detested him, Peel refused to serve under him
  • Why was Canning not well liked by the Tories?
    His views on Catholic Emancipation
  • Canning attempted to reform the Corn Laws but was annihilated by Wellington
  • August 1827
    Canning Died
  • 1827
    Goderich becomes leader of HOC
  • Goderich resigns
    December 1827
  • 1828
    Wellington becomes PM
  • Wellington vs Liverpool
    Wellington could not keep the party together
  • Peel under Wellington
    Home Secretary and leader of HOC
  • Wellington as PM
    • lacked resolution
    • fell foul of Ultras - excluded Lord Eldon
    • gave way when he felt threatened by the opposition
    • lacked judgement - accepted resignation of Huskisson
  • Cabinet Reshuffle 1828
    Catholic Emancipation came to a head
  • County Clare
    • Vessey Fitzgerald to stand for election
    • beaten by Daniel O’Connell
  • Huskisson’s Resignation
    He argued Two rotten boroughs in Cornwall and Norfolk should Have their seats transferred to Manchester and Leeds, growing industrial cities. Wellington remained opposed and Huskisson reigned.