Parliaments

At the dissolution in June 1790, George III seemed to have recovered from the bout of insanity which had caused a political crisis over the issue of a regency in the winter of 1788-9.

William Pitt’s revamped administration met the new Parliament with a commanding majority, but the

This Parliament saw three administrations and the untimely deaths of the parliamentary giants William Pitt and

This Parliament existed for only 138 days, but saw two administrations.

The 1807 Parliament saw three Tory administrations (Portland, 1807-9, Perceval, 1809-12, and Liverpool, 1812-27); George III’s final lapse into insanity and the appointment by the Act of February 1

During the 1812 Parliament the war against Napoleonic France ended with the allied victory at Waterloo, 18 June 1815; two sitting Members, Sir Thomas Picton and William Ponsonby, were killed in the

The 1818 Parliament saw an intensification of party conflict, as the Whig opposition, having gained a few seats in the general election and installed George Tierney as their Commons leader, made a